Even after India last month banned the drugs for exports US President Donald Trump has said that he has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release the amount of Hydroxychloroquine ordered by the United States
Trump spoke to Prime Minister Modi on Saturday morning and extended a request to release Hydroxycholoroquine for the US.
“I called Prime Minister Modi of India this morning. They make large amounts of Hydroxychloroquine. India is giving it a serious consideration,” Trump said at his daily news conference at the White House on Saturday.
India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade on March 25 banned the export of Hydroxychloroquine but said that certain shipments on humanitarian grounds may be allowed on a case-by-case basis.
Health experts in the US has projected between 100,000 to 200,000 deaths due to corona virus, which due to human-to-human transmission is massive in the US.
Source: Livemint.com
