NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked prime minister Narendra Modi and the people of India for lifting curbs on the export of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)— a drug used to treat malaria but seen as useful in the treatment of patients suffering from covid-19. “Extraordinary times require even closer cooperation between friends.
Thank you India and the Indian people for the decision on HCQ. Will not be forgotten! Thank you Prime Minister @NarendraModi for your strong leadership in helping not just India, but humanity, in this fight!" Trump said in a Twitter post on Wednesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, in an interview to Fox News, Trump said the US had secured 29 million doses of HCQ from India. “I bought millions of doses.
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