Chinese medical experts have confirmed that Chloroquine Phosphate, an antimalarial drug, has a certain curative effect on coronavirus, according to Xinhuanet.
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Based on the result of clinical trials, Chloroquine Phosphate, a well known antimalarial drug, has been confirmed to have certain curative effect on coronavirus disease, the Chinese official said.
Chloroquine Phosphate, which has been used for more than 70 years to treat malaria, was selected from tens of thousands of existing drugs after multiple rounds of screening, Sun said.
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According to her, the drug has been under clinical trials in over 10 hospitals in Beijing, as well as in south China’s Guangdong Province and central China’s Hunan Province, and has shown fairly good efficacy.
Patients taking the drug also take shorter time to recover, she added.
Sun gave an example of a 54-year-old patient in Beijing, who was admitted to hospital four days after showing symptoms. After taking the drug for a week, he saw all indicators improve and the nucleic acid turn negative.
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So far, no obvious serious adverse reactions related to the drug have been found among the over 100 patients enrolled in the clinical trials, she said.
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