After Trump, Brazil invokes Lord Hanuman’s Sanjivani quest to request India for malaria drug for Covid-19 treatment

New Delhi: After America’s threat of ‘retaliation’, Brazil has now invoked Ramayana to request New Delhi to export Malaria Drug for Covid-19 treatment.

Letter to PM Modi from Brazil President

“Just as Lord Hanuman brought the holy medicine from the Himalayas to save the life of Lord Rama’s brother Laksmana, and Jesus healed those who were sick and restored the sight to Bartimeu, India and Brazil will overcome this global crisis by joining forces and sharing blessings for the sake of all peoples. Please accept, your Excellency, the assurances of my highest esteem and consideration,” read the letter from President Jair Bolsonaro to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Ban lifted after Trump’s warning

The government had put a hold on exports of hydroxychloroquine as well as on the pain reliever, paracetamol, saying stocks were depleting because of the hit to global supply chains after the coronavirus emerged in China late last year.

But after Trump’s retaliation warning to India, New Delhi lifted the ban.

Foreign ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said, “It has been decided that India would licence paracetamol and HCQ in appropriate quantities to all our neighbouring countries who are dependent on our capabilities.”

“We will also be supplying these essential drugs to some nations who have been particularly badly affected by the pandemic,” he said.

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