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WHO says it doesn't support the use of hydroxychloroquine

Rebecca Noonan
Rebecca Noonan

06:35 26 May 2020


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The World Health Organisation says it doesn't support the malaria drug Donald Trump is using as a treatment for coronavirus.

The US president is using hydroxychloroquine as a precaution against getting Covid-19.

But the W-H-O has dropped the drug from its global study into treatments for the virus, due to safety concerns.

Director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus says the drug can result in death in some cases.


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