India is also one of the world’s top consumers of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) which is proving not to be an effective substitute for a vaccine.
They also have a very ‘’zinc poor’’ diet in general.
The front line Doctors, Nurses, etc. almost universally relied on HCQ AND zinc supplements to prevent getting Covid. They showed 1/11th the rate of infection of the US Medicos.
Nobody ever said it was. It’s a treatment to help some people get over Covid.