Thursday, March 16 2006 12:59 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Jalgaon: The Maharashtra Government has adequate stocks of bird flu resistant Tami Flu capsules to tackle the situation arising out of bird flu outbreak here and more medicines would be obtained from the Centre if required, State Animal Husbandry Minister Anees Ahmed said here today(Mar 16,2006).

"Currently we seem to have adequate stocks (5,000) of the medicine. We have made a provision of getting more stocks from the Centre in case of emergency," Ahmed told sources.

He said the current stock of 5,000 capsules was part of the 15,000 provided by the Centre last month when the disease broke out in Navapur.

"The Health Ministry has provided the State Government with 15,000 anti-bird flu capsules when the disease broke out in Navapur late last month. Of this, 10,000 had been used. The remaining 5,000 capsules have been brought here," Ahmed added.