CORONAVIRUS LATEST: • FDA gives anti-malaria drugs emergency approval to treat COVID-19. • Pandemic of novel coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 34,000 people across the globe. • There are now more than 723,000 diagnosed cases of COVID-19.
3:00 a.m.: FDA gives anti-malaria drugs emergency approval to treat COVID-19
In a statement released Sunday night, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it had received 30 million doses of hydroxychloroquine sulfate and one million doses of hloroquine phosphate donated to a national stockpile of potentially life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies. Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, which are oral prescription drugs used primarily to prevent and treat malaria, are both being investigated as potential therapeutics for COVID-19.
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