India donates medicines to Mauritius and Seychelles

Mauritius and Seychelles have received tonnes of medicine including thousands of hydroxychloroquine tablets, from India, to help in their fight against Covid-19.

Hydroxychloroquine is an anti-malarial drug being used by some doctors to treat Covid-19 patients, though its efficacy is still being tested.

The first consignment of four tonnes of the drugs arrived on a charter flight on Wednesday in Seychelles.

The authorities there have confirmed 11 cases of Covid-19. Mauritius received 13 tonnes of drugs and 500,000 hydroxychloroquine tablets.

It has confirmed 324 positive cases and nine deaths, it has however not recorded new cases in four consecutive days.

The island nations, which are favourite tourist posts, have close geopolitical relationship with India.