Coronavirus: Trump taking hydroxychloroquine every day to ward off COVID-19

US president taking malaria drug despite medical warnings, has 'zero symptoms'

Last updated: May 19, 2020 | 00:56

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US President Donald Trump.

Washington: US President Donald Trump revealed on Monday he is taking hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug that he has touted despite medical warnings about its use, as a preventive medicine against the coronavirus.

“I’ve been taking it for the last week and a half. A pill every day,” Trump told reporters. He said he has been having “zero symptoms” from it.

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