CDNTopStories: “We will follow WHO guidelines because this is a WHO solidarity trial. We are stopping giving hydroxychloroquine to our patients because of WHO’s advice,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told reporters in an online media forum.
, a less toxic derivative of chloroquine, was approved for treating lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and for preventing and treating malaria. It was initially included in the clinical trial for COVID-19 treatment after some laboratories reported that it curbed the ability of the virus to enter the cells.
So far, 148 patients and 24 hospitals have joined the WHO’s Solidarity trial in the country, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III earlier said.
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