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Covid-19 treatment by Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine is ineffective, retracted by Lancet
08:38 | 02/08/2020
Lancet, the leading weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal did retract its publication on hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, which is often in combination with a second-generation macrolide used as Covid-19 treatment due to potential harms and the absence of convincing data.
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World news today: Chile sees record COVID-19 cases as two ministers quarantined
19:19 | 26/05/2020
World news today May 26: Public Works Minister Alfredo Moreno and Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet were among the nearly 5,000 new COVID-19 patients Tuesday. Meanwhile, WHO's suspension of hydroxychloroquine trials, alarming coronavirus advances in Latin America, Samsung Exynos 880's revelation, and gold prices are among other headlines today (May 26).
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COVID-19 treatment: WHO suspends trial of hydroxychloroquine over safety concerns
06:53 | 26/05/2020
The World Health Organization has suspended testing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns, Reuters cited its Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on May 25.
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Antimalarial drug taken by Trump might increase COVID-19 fatality rate
19:14 | 23/05/2020
Hydroxychloroquine does not help COVID-19 patients, and indeed may result in a greater risk of death and heart arrhythmia, according to a large, international study published Friday in The Lancet.
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Trump SHOCKS media as saying he is taking hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 prevention
10:41 | 19/05/2020
U.s President Trump said during a meeting at the White House on Monday that he has started taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that he has repeatedly touted as a potentially effective COVID-19 treatment, as a preventative for the coronavirus.
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