The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Covid-19 national task force has made the recommendation to drop the use of these two drugs in its revised guidelines.
Health officials have urged people of all age groups to protect themselves against exposure to the virus, saying everyone is at risk.
Further research on Stella Immanuel's page, now accessible only via an archived website viewer, as well as her YouTube account, reveal a long list of bizarre and unscientific beliefs. These include that 'tormenting spirits' routinely have 'astral sex' with women, which in turn causes 'gynecological problems, marital distress, miscarriages' and more.
Globally, 8,464,739 people have been infected with the virus and 4,53,290 people have died due to it, according to Johns Hopkins University tracker.
The announcement came two days after the United States withdrew emergency use authorisations for both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine.
The Lancet is among the many signatories to a statement on data sharing for COVID-19 studies.
Even as several countries, including India and the US have seen Hydroxychloroquine as a potential cure for Coronavirus, the WHO has decided to 'temporarily' suspend clinical trial of the drug on COVID-19 patients.
This comes even as the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to 'temporarily' suspend clinical trial of the anti-malaria drug on COVID-19 patients.
WHO had initiated the Solidarity Trial, a plan to evaluate the safety and efficacy of four drugs and drug combinations against COVID-19 more than two months ago, which includes HCQ.
However, the chemicals in Kangra tea could also be effective in boosting immunity as they can block coronavirus activity better than anti-HIV drugs, said Dr Sanjay Kumar, Director, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), based in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh.
