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Drug Touted by Trump Rejected for Covid Patients in France

Hydroxychloroquine tablets

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Hydroxychloroquine, the old malaria medicine touted as a treatment for Covid-19, can no longer be used to treat the new coronavirus in France amid growing evidence that it can cause more harm than good.