Bolsonaro Touts Chloroquine for All as Brazil’s Virus Toll Surges
- Brazil widens use of anti-malaria medication against Covid-19
- Country reports new daily record cases; infections top 291,000
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With Covid-19 cases setting record after record in Brazil, an 86-year-old anti-malarial drug with an unproven track record against the virus is taking center stage in the country’s political debate and public life.
Under orders of President Jair Bolsonaro, the Health Ministry on Wednesday loosened protocols for the use of chloroquine, indicating it even for mild cases of the virus despite dangerous side effects, experts’ warnings and no demonstrated success in clinical trials.