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India plays US' friend in need, allows hydroxychloroquine export to fight covid

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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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