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WHO pauses hydroxychloroquine trial due to safety concerns

Anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine tablets. [Courtesy]

The World Health Organization has suspended testing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.

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