Coronavirus: Hydroxychloroquine trial begins in the UK
The first UK participants in the global trial are being enrolled on Thursday at the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals and the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
But, he said, a randomised controlled trial such as this one, where neither the participant nor the researchers know who has been given the drug or a placebo, was the best way to find out. The drugs can reduce fever and inflammation and are used as both a prevention and a treatment for malaria. The drug gained attention after US President Donald Trump suggested it may be beneficial, and this week said he was taking hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus.Trump:"If it's not good, I'll tell you right, I'm not going to get hurt by it"
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