WHO stops trials, but ICMR says HCQ can be used as preventive drug https://ift.tt/2M0RvmP

A day after the WHO suspended testing of hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 patients, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said the use of the drug as a prophylaxis has been approved based on observational studies in India, which have indicated anti-viral properties with no major side-effects.

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