Washington, April 9 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing the export of hydroxychloroquine pills that can potentially be used as a coronavirus cure.
"Our national stockpile is now equipped with nearly 30 million hydroxychloroquine pills. We distribute them by the millions. I want to thank Prime Minister Modi of India for allowing us to have what we requested...He was terrific, we will remember it", the President said during the COVID response daily briefing at the White House.
Mr Trump has repeatedly touted hydroxychloroquine, widely used to treat malaria, as a therapeutics against coronavirus, though its effects are yet to be scientifically proven.
On Wednesday, Mr Trump publicly than...