NEW DELHI: Brazil President Jair Bolsanoro, in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, invoked the Hindu epic - the Ramayana, besides Christianity's central figure Jesus Christ, requesting Modi to allow the export of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, which can be used to treat coronavirus (covid-19) patients.
Last weekend, Bolsanoro had sought the supply of the drug, that is being touted as a cure for the deadly virus, over a phone call with the Indian minister.
Brazil has over 14,000 cases and has so far recorded 688 deaths – the highest in South America. References to both Ramayana and Christ were made against the backdrop of the rapid spread of covid-19 across the world.
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