Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Tuesday he takes hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug that US President Donald trump has promoted as a way to ward off the novel coronavirus, though experts have warned about its safety.

After Trump, El Salvador's President says he is taking hydroxychloroquine

After the World Health Organization(WHO) temporarily stopped the clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine for treatment of coronavirus, the French government banned the treatment on Wednesday.

France stops use of hydroxychloroquine as coronavirus treatment

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has temporarily suspended the trial of the controversial drug Hydroxychloroquine or HCQ. WHO has now cited safety concerns as the drug's efficacy is still under concern.

Fears Of Potential Danger Causing To Err On The Side Of Caution.

Anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which is being touted as the cure for the coronavirus pandemic by several experts, is under limelight for the wrong reasons.

Is hydroxychloroquine a miracle drug or a death pill?

A day after the World Health Organization(WHO) stopped trials of hydroxychloroquine, the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) said today that based on risk-benefit the country's health workers should not be denied the use of HCQ.

Based on risk benefit, we should not deny health workers from using hydroxychloroquine: ICMR

Brazil still backs hydroxychloroquine despite the suspension of trials of the drug by the World Health Organisation. Watch report.

Brazil stands by hydroxychloroquine: Questions the lancet study of HCQ

The World Health Organization(WHO) said its "Executive Group has implemented a temporary pause of the hydroxychloroquine arm within the solidarity trial while the data is reviewed by the data safety monitoring board.

WHO temporarily suspends trial of hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatment

Bolsonaro bets big on Hydroxychloroquine: 3rd highest COVID-19 cases in Brazil South American continent Brazil is now emerging as a COVID-19 hotspot. The pandemic has claimed around 19,000 deaths. However, the Brazilian PM Jair Bolsonaro only thinks that coronavirus is just a flu. Watch report.

Bolsonaro bets big on Hydroxychloroquine: 3rd highest COVID-19 cases in Brazil

The first UK frontline National Health Service (NHS) worker will participate in COPCOV -- multinational interventional clinical study into the prevention of the coronavirus infection using the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine.

Britain begins hydroxychloroquine trial to test coronavirus prevention

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended taking a prescription malaria drug to try to ward off the novel coronavirus despite medical warnings about its use.

Trump defends his use of unproven treatment as prevention against coronavirus

US President Donald Trump has called House speaker Nancy Pelosi a ''sick woman'' with ''mental problems'' over comments on his usage of an unapproved drug to treat coronavirus.

Trump calls Nancy Pelosi a 'sick woman' with 'mental problems'

The White House Director of Strategic Communications has confirmed that US President Donald Trump was prescribed hydroxychloroquine and has been consuming the anti-malarial drug for a week and a half.

White House confirms Trump is taking anti-malarial drug to ward off COVID-19

The Indian mission in Uzbekistan on Sunday was able to send back 21 stranded Indians and interestingly the same flight went back carrying stranded Uzbek nationals and HCQ Medicine to the country.

New Delhi sends hydroxychloroquine to Uzbekistan in flight that brought back stranded Indian nationals

A fired scientist has alleged that the Trump administration ignored the concern of doctors in the US over the import of hydroxychloroquine from uninspected factories in India and Pakistan, and flooded the country with the unproven and potentially dangerous anti-malarial drug.

Trump administration ignored concern over HCQ import from India, Pak, says fired whistleblower

Continuing to reaching out countries with medicines, India has cleared 2.50 metric ton of Hydroxychloroquine to Mexico. Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal from Mexico City, Indian envoy to Mexico Manpreet Vohra talked about the recent conversation between foreign ministers of both the countries, how the mission is reaching out to the stranded Indians.

India clears commercial export of 2.50 MT of Hydroxychloroquine  to Mexico: Manpreet Vohra

India will be soon sending 2nd consignment of hydroxychloroquine to UAE. The second consignment will include 34 million tablets of HCQ. Earlier India had sent 5.

India to send second consignment of hydroxychloroquine to UAE

India has given go-ahead to Malaysia's request for hydroxychloroquine(HCQ), a drug that is being called a game-changer to deal with COVID crisis. Kuala Lumpur had requested hydroxychloroquine from India to deal with COVID even as New Delhi got the request from several countries for the drug.

India gives go head to Malaysia's hydroxychloroquine request

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday cautioned against the use of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which US President Donald Trump constantly and strongly advocates to treat coronavirus.

US FDA warns against use of Donald Trump-backed hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus

India's decision to export hydroxychloroquine has received praise from across the world and the Russian Envoy to India Nikolay Kudashev was the latest to laud India's move. Watch report.

Russia lauds India's COVID-19 response: Move to export HCQ 'Nobel'

In Brazil, a Chloroquine study was aborted after two patients died. Hydroxychloroquine is been called a miracle drug. But, experts say it could have dangerous side effects. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay brings you a report.

Gravitas: Hydroxychloroquine: Miracle drug or killer?

US President Donald Trump has championed the cause of hydroxychloroquine. The anti-malarial pill that's now being stocked up by many countries. With a long way to go for a vaccine.

Will Trump's 'game-changing' hydroxychloroquine complicate battle against COVID-19?

Hydroxychloroquine is proving to be a dangerous medicine for treating the new coronavirus patients. Study showed that there were more deaths in those who were given hydroxychloroquine. Watch this video to know more.

Study: Hydroxychloroquine might have damaged other organs of patients

A malaria drug widely touted as a potential cure for COVID-19 showed no benefit against the disease over standard care -- and was in fact associated with more deaths, the biggest study of its kind showed Tuesday.

No benefit, higher death rate for malaria drug in coronavirus study

India has cleared 530 kg of Hydroxychloroquine to Brazil and has offered 5 million tablets of the game-changer drug to Brazil on a commercial basis. Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, India's Chargé d’ Affaires S.

530 kg HCQ consignment cleared for Brazil, says India's top diplomat in Brazil

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