NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump late Saturday said he has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to supply hydroxychloroquine tablets that can be used to treat covid-19 patients in his country, which now has the highest number of cases in the world. “After the call today (Saturday) with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is giving serious consideration to releasing the hold it put on a US order for hydroxychloroquine," Trump announced at the White House Coronavirus task force briefing according to news agency ANI.
Trump also added that he too may take hydroxychloroquine, though on doctors’ orders. “I may take it too, will have to talk to my doctors," he added. “India makes a lot of it.
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