NEW DELHI : The distribution of essential medical products such as hand sanitizers, gloves and blood analyzers have been affected by the lockdown, even as India tries to ramp up medical facilities to contain the covid-19 pandemic, industry insiders said.
The roadblocks are resulting in delays of several days and weeks to some of the worst-affected areas of the covid outbreak. “Maybe it (raw material) will last a week or 10 days, but if we are unable to clear the inventory, the factories will be filled with finished product in four-five days and we will have to shut down production," said Manish Sabharwal, proprietor of Dr Sabharwal Wound Care, which has a unit for manufacturing hand sanitizers and bandages in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh.