A packet of Nivaquine tablets containing chloroquine, a commonly used malaria drug. Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty ImagesWorld Health Organization officials said that chloroquine, a drug typically used to treat malaria, will be one option included in a large, global clinical trial evaluating potential coronavirus treatment. There is currently no treatment that has been proven to be effective against Covid-19,” Tedros said on Monday. WHO announced last week that it had organized the SOLIDARITY trial to examine potential treatment options for Covid-19 — chloroquine being one of them. “It is a really important point to focus our efforts on generating the evidence which could then be used to treat people properly and effectively.”

Source: CNN March 23, 2020 02:36 UTC