United States President Donald Trump on Monday hinted at retaliation if India failed to provide his country the anti-malarial drug hydroxyc...
United States President Donald Trump on Monday hinted at retaliation if India failed to provide his country the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to combat the novel coronavirus. The drug is one of the experimental and unproven means used to fight the virus.
Answering a question at a daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, Trump said he would be surprised if Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stopped the export of hydroxychloroquine to his country. “I spoke to him Sunday morning and I said we appreciate it that you are allowing our supply to come out,” Trump said. “If he doesn’t allow it to come out, that would be okay, but of course, there may be retaliation, why wouldn’t there be?”
The United States has emerged as the worst sufferer of the coronavirus pandemic, with over 3,67,000 cases, according to an estimate by Johns Hopkins University.
Here is the video of @realDonaldTrump's daily briefing 4/6/2020 about India's @Modi releasing Hydroxychloroquine for America pic.twitter.com/xkbljC56Pf
— Zee Bhaiyah (@Zee_HumHai) April 6, 2020
The Indian government had on March 26 put on hold the export of hydroxychloroquine to ensure that enough stocks were available in the market. Earlier, the Indian Council of Medical Research had authorised physicians to use the drug as a potential preventive measure for Covid-19 –...
