Majority of 6,200 Doctors said Malaria drug was the MOST EFFECTIVE COVID-19 Treatment Currently Available.
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Sa 6,200 physicians na sinurvey mula sa 30 na bansa, ang karamihan (37%) ay nagsabi na ito ang drug na most effective therapy para sa virus.
Pero ang Workd Health Organization nag claim na 'there is no evidence' that any medicine 'can prevent or cure the disease'.
Dahil sa patuloy na pagtaas ng numero ng infected sa buong undo at wala pang gamot para dito, mga doktor sa Europe, US, China ay binigyan ng lisensya na e prescribe ang isang promising drug sa mga covid-19 patients.
Dagdag pa ng Daily Mail:
Chloroquine (CQ), branded as Aralen, and counterpart hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), known as Plaquenil, are well-established medicines.
They are also prescribed on the NHS to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus and have been used since the 1940s.
The latest poll, conducted by Sermo - a 'virtual lounge' for doctors, found the tablets were most widely used for COVID-19 in Spain, where 72 per cent of physicians said they had prescribed them.
Fifty-three per cent of doctors in Italy said they had used the drugs to treat the killer virus, while in China it was 44 per cent.
Just 13 per cent of UK clinicians surveyed said they had prescribed chloroquine to coronavirus patients, presumably through private clinics.
The poll did not state which other drugs were voted most effective in treating COVID-19.
Doctors across America can now prescribe CQ and HCQ as a last resort for critically ill COVID-19 sufferers.
But it has not been licensed in the UK.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: 'Clinical trials are already underway in the UK to assess whether existing medicines such as hydroxychloroquine are suitable for treating COVID-19.
'Until we have clear, definitive evidence these treatments are safe and effective, they should only be used within a clinical trial.
'People should continue to follow NHS advice and stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives.'
Hydroxychloroquine appears to be safe, but its effectiveness for COVID-19 is still unknown.
Both forms of the drug are thought to be among 1,000 medicines being tested against coronavirus in a lab as part of a Queens University Belfast study.
Larger trials have been put in motion, including in the US, where one began in New York this week.
Italy is carrying out a trial on 2,000 people, while scientists are also awaiting the results from bigger trials in China.
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