WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump said Monday (Tuesday in Manila) that he is taking a malaria drug to protect against the coronavirus, despite warnings from his own government that it should only be administered for Covid-19 in a hospital or research setting due to potentially fatal side effects.
Trump told reporters he has been taking the drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a zinc supplement daily “for about a week and a half now.” Trump spent weeks pushing the drug as a potential cure or prophylaxis for Covid-19 against the cautionary advice of many of his administration’s top medical professionals.
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