Once endorsed by the US president, trials of Hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients are believed to have caused patients harm
, India had sent consignments of the drug to 25 African states last week. The continent has a long history of battling malaria, a disease Hydroxychloroquine is also used to treat.
"I happen to be taking it. I'm taking it, hydroxychloroquine. Right now,” he added, but confirming later in May that he was no longer taking the medicine. Risks associated with hydroxychloroquine, included abnormal heartbeats, which could lead to heart attacks according to the Lancet.
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