President Donald Trump approves chloroquine for coronavirus treatment in US
President Donald Trump has just
approved the use of chloroquine for the treatment of the coronavirus.
Mr Trump in a statement to
journalists at the White House on Thursday said that:
“It’s been around for a long time, so we know if things don’t go as planned, it’s not going to killing anybody”
The said Chloroquine has been in
use for decades, this was used for the treatment of malaria. Though it was phased
out for malaria treatment after researchers revealed that the disease was
becoming too resistant to the drug.
In China, doctors had earlier
reported using chloroquine for successful coronavirus treatment, although, the
World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed doubt on its efficacy saying more
research was needed to make final conclusions.
US has since reported over 9,000
cases of coronavirus with over 150 deaths.
More details to come later…
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