President Trump made the request for releasing the hold on hydroxychloroquine in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday morning (evening in India). Watch | Donald Trump hints at ‘retaliation’ if India withholds hydroxychloroquine exports“I said we’d appreciate you allowing our supply to come out, If he doesn’t allow it to come out. Prime Minister Modi had told the American leader during the call that India “will do all what we can”. At the Monday news briefing, President Trump either misheard the reporter’s question, or misunderstood it. The US drug regulator, the Food and Drug Administration, granted “compassionate use” authorization for the use of hydroxychloroquine (or chloroquine), to be prescribed to severely ill patients in mid-March.

Source: Hindustan Times April 07, 2020 00:41 UTC