MANILA - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday warned the public against using drugs or vaccines with unproven claims that they could cure the coronavirus disease 2019 .
"Currently there are no registered drugs or vaccines that are licensed specifically for use in COVID-19 treatment or prevention," the FDA said in a statement.
"The World Health Organization recently launched the Solidarity Trial, a large-scale clinical trial participated [in] by many countries , which aims to identify evidence-based treatment regimen for COVID-19," the FDA said.
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