WHO temporarily halts hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine trials for coronavirus treatments

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    The World Health Organization said it will temporarily halt global trials of hydroxychloroquine – the malaria drug President Trump said he was recently taking to prevent the coronavirus infection – and chloroquine after a study showed that hospitalized coronavirus patients taking the drugs have a higher mortality rate.

    The “temporary pause” will allow the agency's experts to review all available evidence to date concerning safety of the drugs when treating patients with COVID-19, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in remarks on Sunday.

    Read more https://www.foxnews.com/health/who-hydroxychloroquine-chloroquine-coronavirus-safety-review
     

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