Union Government has allocated nearly 59 thousand vials of Remdesivir to Tamil Nadu, for the ten-day period from the 21st April.<br />'' <br />''The state witnessed nearly 11-thousand 700 new Covid cases on Wednesday.<br />'' <br />''AIR correspondent reports, the fresh supply of the investigational therapy drug Remdesivir is aimed at meeting the surging demand for it, in the wake of increasing Covid disease burden.<br />'' <br />''Vaccination drives against the viral disease is being carried on a war footing in most of the state run establishments and government office complexes.<br />'' <br />''All the eight public sector bus transport corporations together have covered more than a quarter of their over 70-thousand staff through the special vaccination camps at their depots.<br />'' <br />''Officials say almost all the staff will be covered in the next one or two weeks, as a single bus conductor comes into close contact with about 400 passengers a day.<br />'' <br />''Meanwhile, the state health authorities have said sufficient medical oxygen is currently in stock in the state hospitals. <br />