A TATMADAW aircraft landed  at Nay Pyi Taw Airport, carrying  30,000  Remdesivir  drugs  donated by the National Strategic Investment Corporation Co.  Ltd  (NSIC)  to  the  State   Administration  Council  from  Hyderabad,  India,  yesterday  evening.

Union Minister for Health  and Sports Dr Thet Khaing Win  received  the  donated  drugs  from the General Manager of NSIC at the airport.

The Remdesivir drugs are used for emergency treatment of COVID-19.  It  is  the  most  effective   edicine  to  reduce  the death toll from the highly contagious  COVID-19  virus  worldwide.  It  was  developed  by Gileat Sciences Inc. in the United States of America and is FDA-approved in the US and Europe.

In addition, Hetero Labs Limited from India has purchased a production licence from Gileat Sciences Inc, to manufacture and distribute Remdesivir in developing countries. NSIC ordered 30,000 drugs worth 3 billion kyats from India and donated them to the people of Myanmar through the State Administration Council.

MNA