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Haiti - Health : Haiti requests aid of India in the fight against Covid-19
15/04/2020 10:40:50

According to diplomatic correspondence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken steps with India to provide Haiti with equipment and drugs capable of helping doctors save the lives of citizens suffering from the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Following a request addressed to the Honorary Consul of India in Haiti, the Haitian Chacellery formally formulated a request concerning materials to fight against the epidemic of Covid-19 it is question among others of :

- 7 duly equipped tent hospitals in the form of a tent ready to receive infected persons;
- Medicines made in India such as chloroquine / phosphate tablets;
- Artificial respirators.

In addition, a correspondence from Regine Lamur, Chargé d'affaires at the Embassy of Haiti in Cuba, addressed to Chancellor Claude Joseph, writes that the Ambassador of India to Cuba contacted her in order to find out if at instead of Chloroquine / Phosphate the Haitian authorities would not prefer HydroChloroquine in tablet, which is the type of medicine used in other countries instead of pure chloroquine, requesting that the required quantity be also specified.

Remember that hydrochloroquine creates fewer serious side effects than Chloroquine.

See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30353-haiti-covid-19-daily-bulletin-march-24-2020.html

HL/ HaitiLibre