Chennai: Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin on Saturday instructed police personnel to book people, who sell Remdesivir drug and oxygen cylinders at an exorbitant price to the Covid patients will be booked under Goondas Act.
The Tamil Nadu CM said that the police have been ordered to book hoarders and black marketers of Remdesivir injection and those who sell oxygen cylinders at a high price, under the Goondas Act. He said even poor people despite their livelihood being affected are cooperating with the state government's lockdown restrictions.
But some anti-social elements are hoarding the Remdesivir injection and sell it in the black market at high rates.
The government press release states that the state administration is making efforts for the availability of Remdesivir, Oxygen production, importing of vaccines and increasing beds for Covid patients. The state government is selling the drug at an MRP of ₹9,480 per vial but the black market rate is much higher.
Meanwhile, the friends and relatives of the Covid patients have been creating chaos at the Nehru Stadium to get Remdesivir drug. To manage crowd, the sale of the drug was shifted from Kilpauk Medical College to Nehru Stadium two days back.