NEW DELHI: Paying heed to US President Donald Trump’s call, India on Monday decided to allow export of hydroxychloroquine -- a drug seen as key in the treatment of the covid-19 pandemic -- on a “case by case" basis.
It also allowed the export of paracetamol, a popular antipyretic, as well as some more drugs. The decision follows a telephone conversation between Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.
Besides the US, a number of other countries also have approached India to export hydroxychloroquine. Nearly half of US's supply of the drug, which as such is prescribed against malaria, comes from India.
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