– April 21, 2020The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) through their Twitter handle issued an advisory stating that hydroxychloroquine is a prescription medicine and should be purchased only with a prescription. The sale and prescription of hydroxychloroquine are totally prohibited without a doctor’s prescription. The ministry also said that people should not consume any medicine without a prescription for coronavirus disease. Through the tweet, the ministry said that it is harmful to consume hydroxychloroquine as it may have severe effects on your health. The medicine is currently approved to be used for patients who have been clinically advised, health care workers who come in close contact with a COVID-19 case and household contacts of positive cases. It also said that adequate quantities of hydroxychloroquine have been already procured.