India Bans All Exports of Virus Drug Often Touted by Trump By Rajesh Kumar Singh

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-05/india-bans-all-exports-of-trump-s-game-changer-virus-drug
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India banned all exports of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug that President Donald Trump has repeatedly touted as a “game changer” in the fight against Covid-19.

Exports of the drug and its formulations are prohibited “without any exceptions” and with immediate effect, India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade said in an April 4 order on its website. The trade regulator had last month restricted overseas shipments of the drug, allowing only limited exceptions such as on humanitarian grounds and for meeting prior commitments.

At a press conference on Saturday, Trump said he spoke to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and appealed for the release of shipments U.S. has already ordered. India is giving his request “serious consideration,” he said.


Trump also said that the federal government was stockpiling millions of doses of the drug to make it available for coronavirus patients.

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday said there had been “some accounts, some stories” about hydroxychloroquine “helping” and the drug has been available for years.


There’s no conclusive scientific evidence that hydroxychloroquine can treat the infection from the novel pathogen, and it hasn’t been approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. to treat Covid-19.

[Hoyt]

1. If India is keeping it for themselves, then you have to wonder.

[malaise]

2. India has to deal with malaria

That simple

[Hoyt]

3. My guess is that this is more likely the reason

“The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended the anti-malarial drug for those involved in the care of suspected or confirmed cases of the coronavirus and also, for the asymptomatic household contacts of laboratory confirmed cases.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.economictimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/pharmaceuticals/trump-seeks-modis-help-to-release-hydroxychloroquine-ordered-by-us-to-treat-covid-19-patients/amp_articleshow/74991171.cms

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4. nteresting

I still want to know why the Con was in India for a rally on Feb 24

[eleny]

5. Oh, no

My husband takes it.

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6. People who really need it will now suffer

I detest that creep

[hardluck]

7. Maybe we should rethink having our manufacturing base for critical industries

In other countries. I don’t care how good of allies they are. See, e.g., Germany’s treatment of Italy and our treatment of Germany re PPE.

[malaise]

8. Lots of rethinks after this mess

Security or cheap labor.
I wonder how long it will take for someone to take a cruise?

[hardluck]

9. Agreed

Lots of assumptions about our modern world will have to be reconsidered.

My wife and I were talking about how anyone could possibly consider taking a cruise after this. No way I’d ever take one.

[malaise]

10. The idea of a vacation with 3,000 strangers was never my cup of tea

What happens when I want to get off? And that was before Covid-19, You could not and cannot pay me to go on a cruise.