Malaria drug hydroxychloroquine controversial as corona prophylaxis

May 19, 2020

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NY: US Senator Chuck Schumer presser US Senator Chuck Schumer holds bottle of Hydroxychloroquine medication & demands VA to answer purpose of recent bulk order during COVID-19 pandemic at 780 3rd Avenue. Schumer also raised concern about testing & treatment of veterans with Chloroquine drugs. New York New York United States Copyright: LevxRadin
April 22, 2020, Guwahati, Assam, India: In this photo illustration, tablets of Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) is displayed. Hydroxychloroquine is being suggested as a potential medication that could treat the Coronavirus pandemic. Guwahati India - ZUMAt232 20200422_zip_t232_001 Copyright: xDavidxTalukdarx
April 22, 2020, Guwahati, Assam, India: In this photo illustration, tablets of Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine) is displayed. Hydroxychloroquine is being suggested as a potential medication that could treat the Coronavirus pandemic. Guwahati India - ZUMAt232 20200422_zip_t232_002 Copyright: xDavidxTalukdarx
April 13, 2020, Davenport, Iowa, USA: A Pharmacist shows the variety of manufacturers providing Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate at Amicare Pharmacy on Utica Ridge Road in Bettendorf, Iowa Monday, April 13, 2020. Davenport USA - ZUMAq30_ 20200413_zaf_q30_007 Copyright: xKevinxE.xSchmidtx
April 13, 2020, Davenport, Iowa, USA: A Pharmacist shows the variety of manufacturers providing Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate at Amicare Pharmacy on Utica Ridge Road in Bettendorf, Iowa Monday, April 13, 2020. Davenport USA - ZUMAq30_ 20200413_zaf_q30_006 Copyright: xKevinxE.xSchmidtx
April 13, 2020, Davenport, Iowa, USA: A Pharmacist shows the variety of manufacturers providing Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate at Amicare Pharmacy on Utica Ridge Road in Bettendorf, Iowa Monday, April 13, 2020. Davenport USA - ZUMAq30_ 20200413_zaf_q30_005 Copyright: xKevinxE.xSchmidtx
KOLKATA, INDIA APRIL 11: An employee at a medical store holds a strip of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), on day eight of the 21 day nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of coronavirus, on April 11, 2020 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Samir Jana Hindustan Times ) India Goes Into 21 Day Lockdown Due To Coronavirus COVID 19
March 26, 2020, Marseille, France: In this photo illustration a piece of paper with instructions for use of Plaquenil ..The Minister of Health has authorised the use of hydroxychloroquine for patients affected by covid-19, in the health establishments which take charge of them. Marseille France - ZUMAs197 20200326_zaa_s197_067 Copyright: xGerardxBottinox
Une boite de medicaments Plaquenil 200 gr NEWS : Le Plaquenil medicament teste contre le Covid-19 - Pandemie lie au Coronavirus - 24 03 2020 FredericChambert Panoramic
A bottle of hydroxychloroquine 200 mg tablets sits on a pharmacy store shelf in Salem, New York on Monday, March 23, 2020. Hope has emerged for COVID-19 and Coronavirus around two anti-malaria drugs: chloroquine, discovered in 1934, and a derivative of it called hydroxychloroquine that is thought to have less severe side effects. The CDC is operating tests on these and other drugs to combat the Coronavirus pandemic. NYP20200323902 str