There’s a major shortage of a critical drug for some auto-immune diseases after it was labelled a coronavirus ‘game changer’.

The US President Donald Trump has been spruiking the possible benefits of hydroxychloroquine and has ordered millions of doses.

That’s put pressure on Australian supplies and left auto-immune patients desperately searching for the drug.

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