Black market traders are cashing in on remdesivir shortage in Indian hospitals and pharmacies

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With Covid-19 cases soaring in India, a black market for Remdesivir has emerged as hospitals face shortages but demand rises. Charges can go up to 10 times the official retail price, despite no clarity on the drug’s effectiveness in treating the virus.

Family members sit on benches next to a pyre of a Covid-19 victim at Nigambodh Ghat Crematorium in New Delhi, India in the early hours of Thursday, April 22. Sajjad Hussain/AFP/Getty Images

A petition by the Bajaj Medical and Research Centre, which runs a chain of private hospitals, said five of its hospitals in Delhi had between two to 18 hours of oxygen supply left. India's second most populous state of Maharashtra has announced new restrictions on Wednesday. People will be allowed to travel only for essential services or for"unavoidable events" like funerals. All private passenger transport will be allowed to operate at 50% capacity.

 

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just like they cashed in with fake antibiotics, cialis, viagra, and levitra. Millions of toxic counterfeit pills came from India.

Doesn’t restore faith in human nature. High time scammers felt the Full Weight of the law crashing down on them.

Never covet anything that is not freely available. You make yourself vulnerable - easily manipulated.

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Same thing happened with xbox and Playstation

Call Donald, he got the plug.

The same is happening in Ecuador

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