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US approves anti-malarial drug to treat coronavirus: Trump

The US has approved the anti-malarial drug chloroquine for use as a treatment against the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump said Thursday.

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a question during a news briefing on the latest development of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. at the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House March 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump announced via Twitter that the U.S. and Canada will close the border to non-essential traffic in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP

The US has approved the anti-malarial drug chloroquine for use as a treatment against the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump said Thursday.

“We’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately, and that’s where the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been so great,” Trump told reporters.

“They’ve gone through the approval process — it’s been approved. They took it down from many, many months to immediate. So we’re going to be able to make that drug available by prescription.”

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