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.

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). 

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.

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.

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.