"The United Kingdom to receive nearly 3 million units of paracetamol following talks with India. This will arrive in the next two weeks and will be stocked in the UK's leading supermarkets," said Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK Government, in a tweet.

The UK has reported more than 90,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus while the toll due to the coronavirus has surged past 12,000.

Earlier this month, India temporarily licensed the export of paracetamol and hydroxychloroquine in appropriate quantities to some countries, which have been badly affected by the coronavirus.