BREAKING: FDA approves chloroquine to test as coronavirus treatment, will be available 'almost immediately'US President Donald Trump has announced that chloroquine will be approved by the FDA for treatment in coronavirus.
Chloroquine is known as a malaria drug and has been available for decades. According to a French report, chloroquine can be used to both prevent and treat the novel coronavirus which has brought the entire world to a near grinding halt.<!>
Dr. Gregory Rigano told Fox News that trials of chloroquine for COVID-19 had patients testing negative for the coronavirus in just six days time. Rigano also said the drug could be used both as a preventative, and as a treatment.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, a medical journal, had reported on March 9 that a brand-name version of chloroquine was showing promise as a potential aide in killing coronavirus.
According to in-lab experiments, the virus was weakened and killed by Plaquenil, the name-brand version of chloroquine which was first approved in 1995.
Chloroquine is used for both Malaria and arthritis treatments.
Scientists are now tasked with finding the most effective way to use the drug, as one does not currently exist specific to coronavirus.
The first human vaccine was taken on Monday in Seattle.
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