By Daniel Itai.
Delhi, India. (News of The South)-
The Indian government has drawn up a list of 17 medical products, including HCQ, paracetamol and azithromycin, to send to some African countries.
India will be sending critical drugs and medical devices to 13 African countries as part of India’s humanitarian aid to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We have sent crores of hydroxychloroquine and paracetamol tablets across the globe as a symbol of India’s friendship, we are known as pharmacy to the world and it is our duty. We will continue to send medical products across the world while keeping the domestic status under check,” said a senior government official.
A consignment of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is going to Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar, Zambia, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Congo, Egypt and Comoros.
Consignments of paracetamol will be going to Zambia, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Congo, Egypt, Eswatini, Chad, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. Some of these shipments have already been sent out.
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