Nagpur, May 4 (PTI) Five people, including a doctor and a male nurse, have been arrested in Nagpur for allegedly black-marketing Remdesivir injections and two vials of the medicine used currently for COVID-19 treatment were seized, police said on Tuesday.

Two people arrested on April 20 with two Remdesivir vials told Sitabuldi police that they got the injections from a male nurse working in Jamtha here, an official said.

"The male nurse stole the vials after administering acidity injections to the patient in their place and making a false record in the hospital's record book. So far, we have arrested five people, including a doctor," said Senior Inspector Atul Sabnis of Sitabuldi police station.

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