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WHO discontinuing trials of hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs on COVID-19 patients

from Global News

WHO discontinuing trials of hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs on COVID-19 patients Global News The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 after they failed to reduce mortality. The setback came as the WHO also reported more than 200,000 new cases globally of the disease for the first time in a single day. The United States accounted for 53,213 of the total 212,326 new cases recorded on Friday, the WHO said. READ MORE

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