Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today said that he will follow up the issue of purchase of ivermectin tablets with the health department.
“See all the dealers dealing in Ivermectin tablets provide different rates for each tablets, I have come to know of the issue and will follow the same with health department,’ said CM
Nearly a month after the Goa government announced free distribution of ivermectin tablets as a part of a new Covid-19 prophylaxis treatment protocol, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday claimed that the Health Ministry had not purchased a single tablet.
Sawant also dismissed allegations made by the Opposition of an alleged Rs 20.50 crore scam in the purchase of ivermectin tablets, which had reportedly sparked a turf war between Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, which eventually had to be ‘settled’ by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
“We had not bought Ivermectin for prophylaxis treatment. Not a single (tablet). This figure of Rs 22 crore being bandied about is an attempt to create a misunderstanding among people,” Sawant had told reporters.