Cash Reward For Info On Black Marketeers Of Oxygen Cylinders, Remdesvir

The country has been gasping for breath amid the tsunami of coronavirus cases in the deadly second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.

The healthcare infrastructure is under extreme stress, with hospitals struggling to provide beds to COVID-positive patients. Shortage of medical oxygen and critical drugs like Remdesivir have not made things any easier. Amidst all this, a group of selfish and unethical people have hoarded these essential products for COVID treatment is selling them at a huge premium.

Several people have been caught red-handed for resorting to such anti-national acts, but many of them are still at large.

To counter these blackmarketeers, the Jalandhar district administration in Punjab has announced a reward of Rs 25,000 for any sting operation/concrete information that leads to FIR registration vis-à-vis selling of oxygen cylinders, Remdesvir, Tocilizumab in the black market, for overcharging RT-PCR test or any other activity related to COVID management.