UK healthcare workers begin Covid-19 hydroxychloroquine trial

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British healthcare workers will on Thursday begin taking part in a University of Oxford-led international trial of two anti-malarial drugs to see if they can prevent Covid-19, including one US President Donald Trump says he has been taking.

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The drugs have risen to prominence since Trump said earlier this week he was taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventive medicine against the virus despite medical warnings about its use. "We really do not know if chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine are beneficial or harmful against Covid-19," said the University of Oxford's Professor Nicholas White, the study's co-principal investigator who is based at MORU.

In Britain, Europe and Africa participants will receive either hydroxychloroquine or a placebo for three months. In Asia they will receive either chloroquine or a placebo.

 

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I already know the results....it's not effective and has side effects. 🙄🙄🙄

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