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Covid-19: India to export HCQ to foreign govts, not private firms: Report

In a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, US President Donald Trump had sought supply of hydroxychloroquine to the US

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India manufactures 70 per cent of the world's supply of hydroxychloroquine.

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The Indian government will only export the key Covid-19 drug, Hydroxychloroquine, to foreign government and not private companies as the product is under prohibited or banned category of exports. 

Although export of this medicine is completely banned, India has decided to export this anti-malarial drug on humanatarian grounds in view of the coronavirus pandemic to countries like Nepal and Sri Lanka who are in dire need of the drug, PTI reported.

Explaining the procedure, the news agency according to its sources said that countries that have to import hydroxychloroquine would have to route their application through the Ministry of External

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