South Africa's chloroquine supplies were temporarily depleted amid speculation that the drug could be used to treat the coronavirus and additional supplies to treat lupus sufferers had to be procured from India, said the chairman of the ministerial advisory Group on the Covid-19 outbreak.
Salim Abdool Karim, who heads a panel of about 45 scientists, was responding to queries from journalists.
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