The lockdown due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak has severely hampered the supply of anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs to the central government’s National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), prompting the health ministry to recommend a ban on export of these drugs.The lockdown due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak has severely hampered the supply of anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs to the central government’s National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), prompting the health ministry to recommend a ban on export of these drugs.