KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 — The Health Ministry has stopped administering malaria medication hydroxychloroquine on Covid-19 patients, seeing that it has no effect on those infected with the pandemic.
“We used it because it has anti-inflammatory properties for the beginning stages of Covid-19. But when we collect the data, after around 500 cases, we found that there was no positive effect of the medication. “So, now we have this data and we are sure it has no effect on Covid-19 patients,” said Dr Noor Hisham.
Hydroxychloroquine was among the medications that was being tested on the novel coronavirus patients. Other medications being tested on Covid-19 patients include drugs used for HIV patients, which is still being studied.
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