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Anti-malaria drug prevents coronavirus infection

Filipino Catholics attend a mass wearing protective masks following confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, at the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philippines, yesterday. [Reuters]

Chinese researchers have found that anti-malaria drug chloroquine can effectively inhibit the novel coronavirus infection in vitro.

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