JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo said on Monday (March 23) that Indonesia secured a supply of chloroquine, an anti-malaria drug being tested as a possible form of treatment for Covid-19, as countries scramble to stock drugs and medical supplies to fight the disease.
Jokowi said state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma produced the drug, which is extracted from the cinchona tree, a common plant in the country.
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