Algeria ignores WHO directive, backs hydroxychloroquine trials

Algeria will continue to use the drug hydroxychloroquine against the novel coronavirus, a member of its scientific committee said, despite the World Health Organization suspending clinical trials of such treatments. Read more:

Bekkat’s comments came days after medical journal; The Lancet, published a study of nearly 100,000 coronavirus patients, showing no benefit in those treated with the drug, which is normally used against arthritis.

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