Health

US Announces Anti-Malarial Drug Trial Against COVID-19 In Detroit Hospital

WASHINGTON, April 6 — The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine will be used in a trial covering 3,000 patients at a hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and the results will be tracked in a formal study, Xinhua news agency reported US Vice President Mike Pence, as saying Sunday.

Pence told a White House briefing that they are “more than prepared” to make hydroxychloroquine available to doctors’ offices and pharmacies in the Detroit area.

US President Donald Trump said the federal government has stockpiled 29 million doses of hydroxychloroquine.

Last week, Trump said hydroxychloroquine was being administered to 1,100 patients in New York along with Z-Pak, or azithromycin.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the White House briefing on Saturday there was no “definitive information to be able to make any comment” on whether the drug can be used to treat coronavirus.

The United States is stepping up the development of treatments for COVID-19 patients, including experimenting with hydroxychloroquine and blood-related therapies, as confirmed cases and the death toll continues to rise.

The number of COVID-19 cases in the US reached over 337,000 Monday, with 9,619 deaths, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.

Sources:  BERNAMA

Adib Mohd

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