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 FDA said on Monday that the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were unlikely to be effective in treating the novel Coronavirus.
The observation comes two days after the World Health Organization announced on Wednesday that clinical trials of Hydroxychloroquine drug will resume as it searches for potential coronavirus treatments.
The finding had led the World Health Organization (WHO) to suspend clinical trials into the medicines last month.
More than 3,500 patients have been recruited across 35 countries to take part in the trials.
World Health Organisation temporarily stopped the clinical trials of the medicine last week after fears that it may in fact worsen coronavirus patient's outcomes.
