'Thank You India': Trump praises India for delivering anti-malaria drugs to treat coronavirus

Washington : The US President Donald Trump on Wednesday showered praise on PM Narendra Modi for easing the exports norms of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine that he claimed would be a game changer in America for the treatment of coronavirus.

Donald Trump's tweet was the second time in 24 hours when he praised PM Modi for his decision.

"Extraordinary times require even closer cooperation between friends. Thank you India and the Indian people for the decision on HCQ. Will not be forgotten! Thank you Prime Minister @NarendraModi for your strong leadership in helping not just India, but humanity, in this fight!," President Trump tweeted.

India is the world's largest manufacturer of hydroxychloroquine, producing nearly 70 percent of the world’s supply. The demand for the drug, which is also used by patients of rheumatoid arthritis, was boosted after a small placebo-controlled clinical trial in China demonstrated that the anti-malarial drug shortened the duration and reduced the severity of cough, fever and pneumonia in patients with mild and moderate disease.

India had imposed a ban on the export of anti-malaria drugs on March 25.