American researchers have proven the futility of hydroxychloroquine — antimalarial drugs — in the fight against coronavirus. This writes the Associated Press.
Experts, after reviewing the results of treatment of infected 368, concluded that hydroxychloroquine is ineffective as a remedy against coronavirus. According to them, the mortality in the treatment with antimalarial drug is 27.8 percent, the same rate among patients taking it in combination with the antibiotic, Azithromycin, was 22.1 percent.
the lowest mortality rate (11.4 percent) was recorded among the citizens, which doctors treated using a standard set of procedures to deal with complications caused by a coronavirus.
it is Noted that the results of work of experts has not yet been studied by independent experts and were not published in medical journals.
According to the latest data, worldwide more than 2.5 million infected with coronavirus, of which 171 thousand died, more than 659 thousand were cured. The largest number infected are in the US (788 thousand), Spain (204 thousand), Italy (181 thousand), France (156 thousand) and Germany (147 thousand).
Outbreak of pneumonia COVID-19 caused by a new type of coronavirus, was first recorded in December 2019 in Wuhan. On 11 March, the who announced that the situation can be characterized as a pandemic.
