Mumbai: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for releasing hydroxychloroquine to export the drug to the countries most affected by COVID-19.
He was quoted as saying by the news agency ANI, “Extraordinary times also require close collaboration between friends. Thank you, India and Indian people, for the decision on Hydroxychloroquine. Will not be forgotten! Thank you, PM Modi, for your strong leadership in helping not just India, but humanity, in this fight!”
During the interview, Trump also said, “I bought millions of supplements. Over 29 million. I spoke to PM Modi, a lot of it comes out of India. I asked him if he would release it? He was great. He was really good. You know they made a halt because they wanted it for India. But a lot of good things are coming from it. ”
“Many people are watching it and saying, you know I don’t listen to bad stories, I get to hear good stories. And I don’t listen to anything where it’s causing death. So it is not something like… You know we are doing vaccines. Johnson and Johnson, they need to test that. It seems malaria-affected countries are unaffected where it is common (sic).” Trump had added.
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Trump had threatened to retaliate on Tuesday, saying that if India did not release the anti-malarial drug used to treat COVID-19, it would have consequences.
Trump’s announcement, India which is one of the largest manufacturers of the drug, had decided to release it.
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