ISLAMABAD, Pakistan
Pakistan announced it would send the anti-malaria drug chloroquine to help friendly nations deal with the COVID-19 crisis, official media said Tuesday.
The decision was made in a Cabinet meeting that was chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to state-run Radio Pakistan.
“The Cabinet also approved export of chloroquine to the USA, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UK, Italy, Qatar, and Kazakhstan as Pakistan has additional stock of the drug,” Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan told reporters after the meeting.
Pakistan has 40 million chloroquine tablets in stock and raw materials to produce more.
“One
