Karnataka's COVID-19 task force on Tuesday decided that the state government will regulate the supply of Remdesivir, a drug used to treat coronavirus to private hospitals to check black marketing and hoarding.
"Remdesivir which is currently available in the government hospitals will be supplied to private hospitals through the government. This will help curb black marketing of this drug," Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar's office said in a release.
At the meeting, the government has also fixed the rate for COVID tests in private labs- Rs 2,000 for government referred cases and 3,000 for self-reporting cases.
It was also decided to purchase 4 lakh antigen test kits and 5 lakh swab test kits to ramp up testing, the release said, adding that approvals have also been given for additional drugs for the treatment of Covid -19 patients.
The decisions also included increasing monthly salary for Ayush doctors to 48,000, MBBS doctors to 80,000, and nurses to get 30,000 for the next 6 months.