Resochin was being sold at Rs25 per packet (10 tablets) at pharmacies in Lahore and Karachi before stocks ended. The federal authority said it had received reports of hoarding of the drugs by certain “elements”. Recent studies have shown that two drugs, remdesivir and chloroquine phosphate, efficiently inhibited the coronavirus in an experimental setting. Meanwhile, the University of Minnesota has said that it was launching a clinical trial to test hydroxychloroquine as a “post-exposure treatment for coronavirus COVID-19 disease” because “recent work shows that hydroxychloroquine is active in a laboratory setting against” the novel coronavirus. On Thursday, United States President Donald Trump said the country is fast-tracking the drug for treating coronavirus.

Source: Pakistan Today March 20, 2020 15:45 UTC