Staying in bed to beat Covid-19 better than Trump’s malaria drug elixir
Study in Zheijang, China contradicts one in France, showing more research is needed
25 March 2020 - 09:26
Hydroxychloroquine, a medicine for malaria that President Donald Trump has touted as a treatment for coronavirus, was no more effective than conventional care, a small study found.
The report published by the Journal of Zhejiang University in China showed that patients who got the medicine did not fight off the new coronavirus more often than those who did not get the medicine...
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