India donates 50,000 Hydroxychloroquine tablets to Maldives

India has donated 50,000 Hydroxychloroquine tablets (HCQ) to the Maldives upon the request of the Maldivian government.

The tablet is being used in some countries as a prophylactic against the COVID-19 virus and is has been used as used for diseases such as Malaria, Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis for years now.

The Indian High Commission in the Maldives handed over the tablets which will be used strictly under the instructions of medical professionals in the country.

Maldivian president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih also held discussions with the Prime Minister of India regarding the challenges posed to the country in the health sector. The Indian High Commission pledged the support of the nation to the Maldives and stated that it will always stand by and assist the Maldives and noted the warm relations between the two nations.

The supply of prophylactic Hydroxychloroquine tablets produced in India within a short period of time to the Maldives stands as a testament of the close relations between the two nations and the effectiveness of the Indian policy of “Neighborhood First” and Maldives’s “India First” policy.

India produces 70 percent of the medication and has ramped up the production of the medicine as the world battles against the COVID-19 virus. No scientific basis currently exists proving that the medication actually works against the virus, and has been used as a last resort in the Maldives. Research is currently being conducted into whether the medicine works against the virus.