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US President Donald Trump has once again defended the use of hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus, and he contradicting what his own public health officials said about the drug.
The US had taken a big consignment of hydroxychloroquine from India a month before. Trump said the malaria medication was only rejected as a Covid-19 treatment because ‘he had recommended its use’.
Trumps remark are timed just after Twitter banned his eldest son from posting a clip supporting hydroxychloroquine. There is no evidence the drug can fight the virus, and regulators warn it may cause heart problems.
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Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cautioned against the use of the drug for treatment of the coronavirus, following reports of “serious heart rhythm problems” and other health issues.
The FDA also revoked its emergency-use authorisation for the drug to treat Covid-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) says “there is currently no proof” that it is effective as a treatment or prevents Covid-19.
Coronavirus deaths in the US hit their highest level in months, with nearly 1,600 deaths recorded in 24 hours. Six states in the south and west, including Florida and California, reported record daily death tolls. But Trump claimed that large parts of the US were “corona-free”.
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Trump had recently also said that in two-weeks time there could be a good news about COVID-19 treatment. He said that the news could be very very goo and it is expected he mentioned something about trials going on.
Studies commissioned by the WHO, the US National Institutes of Health and other researchers around the world have found no evidence that hydroxychloroquine – when used with or without the antibiotic azithromycin.
