The Union federal government on Friday asserted that India had “enough buffer” of the much in need drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). Export of the drug, believed however not clinically proven yet to deal with COVID-19, to numerous nations had begun, it stated.
” A lot of demands of HCQ are already there and taking into view the domestic stock and requirement and keeping adequate buffer, a choice was taken by the Group of Ministers to launch some of the surplus medicine for export functions,” Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal stated.
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The government’s relocation won it lots of expressions of appreciation from countries that got clearances for their medical products, which had been held up for weeks after the Directorate General of Foreign Trade prohibited them for export.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the choice. “We need to jointly fight this pandemic. India is all set to do whatever is possible to help our buddies,” Mr. Modi tweeted in reply to Mr. Netanyahu. “India is committed to add to humanity’s fight versus this pandemic,” he tweeted to Mr. Bolsonaro. Performing Bri