Proud Moment! UN Salutes India For Helping Other Countries In Their Fight Against Coronavirus

With cases rising, India has been fighting a war against coronavirus pandemic, but crisis as severe as they are, the country hasn't abandoned its humanitarian agenda.

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has hailed countries helping others in the global fight against the Covid-19, days after India sent anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to United States.

Hydroxychloroquine has been identified by the US Food and Drug Administration as a possible treatment for the Covid-19 and it is being tested on more than 1,500 coronavirus patients in New York.

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The demand for the drug has only grown after India lifted the ban on its export. Since then, India has supplied it to various countries in need, a testament to India's stand to help the friends during the time of crisis.

"The Secretary General calls for global solidarity in this struggle against the virus, and that means that every country who is in a position to help another country should. And we salute those countries that are doing so,¡± UN chief Antonio Guterres¡¯ spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at the daily press briefing on Friday.

He was responding to a question on Guterres¡¯ reaction to India¡¯s efforts to send medicine and other supplies to other countries amidst the coronavirus outbreak.

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Earlier, India had also supplied 2,800,000 packets of paracetamol to the UK, which had drawn praise from British government, who expressed their gratitude.

At present, India is in the process of supplying hydroxychloroquine to 55 coronavirus-hit countries as grants as well as on commercial basis.

A number of countries including the US, Mauritius and Seychelles have already received the drug in the past few days while several others will get it by the weekend.

In the neighbourhood, India is sending the drug to Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh Nepal, the Maldives, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, sources said.

While the world is fighting biggest health crisis in decades, India is leading by example and providing medical aid to countries across the world.