The White House announced the move on Sunday despite medical warnings about use of the drug to treat coronavirus.
The U.S. has shipped 2 million doses of antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine to Brazil in efforts to help the world’s second worst-affected country combat coronavirus, and as the nations begin joint research on whether the drug is an effective treatment against the virus.The White House said on Sunday that the drug will be used to help protect medical workers in Brazil against the virus, as well as to treat people who become infected.The U.S. is also donating 1,000 ventilators.
The drug has been touted by Trump, and last month the President revealed he was taking the drug prophylactically. There is little to no existing evidence that the antimalarial drug is an effective treatment for COVID-19.its prescription except in clinical trials, while the US Food and Drug Administration has warned that its use to treat COVID-19 can cause heart arrhythmia.
The biggest observational analysis so far of the drug’s effect on coronavirus patients last month revealed that the drug, when used in COVID-19 patients, can increase the risk of death and abnormal heart rhythms. But that data was analysed from hospital records and was not a laboratory study.by more than 100 scientists who questioned the data.
Several clinical trials are underway worldwide to test whether antimalarial drugs like hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can help combat coronavirus, while some researchers are also working to determine whether the drug can shield health workers from the infection.Brazil now has at least 514,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, while nearly 30,000 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
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