Health ministry directs DCGI to ensure no shortage of essential, critical drugs amid COVID-19
Health ministry directs DCGI to ensure no shortage of essential, critical drugs amid COVID-19
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PM Modi has implemented Lockdown 2 due to the outbreak of Corona. At the same time, the Union Health Ministry has asked the country's top drug regulator to stop black marketing of important medicines. The Ministry has directed to ensure that there is no shortage of essential and important medicines related to covid-19 in the country.

For your information, let us tell you that the Ministry of Health has asked the Drug Controller to periodically survey the market and ensure availability of adequate quantity of medicines in the domestic retail market. Recently by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) In a letter issued, from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Indian Pharma Yutikl Association (IPA) and the availability of drugs used in the treatment of coronavirus, along with other related agencies have been asked to maintain.

In its statement, the Health Ministry further said that there is a need to increase the production of medicines not only to fight the epidemic but also in view of the regular consumption by the population. The ministry has requested the DGCI and other agencies to take all necessary steps to meet this objective and tackle the coronavirus. At the same time, the top drug regulator has also been directed to develop an epidemic communication strategy with dealers, distributors and pharmacies to help determine the available quantity of medical supplies used to reduce the spread of the virus.

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