India sends five-tonne cargo of medicines to Israel

  • Israeli Prime Minister thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sending a five-tonne cargo of medicines to Israel. The cargo includes anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine.
  • The five-tonne cargo shipment included ingredients for drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, which are being seen across the world as the best possible cure of COVID-19.
  • The Indian medical consignment reached Israel within days after Netanyahu requested the supply of hydroxychloroquine from PM Modi. India is the world’s largest producer and exporter of the drug.
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