WHO: treatment with hydroxychloroquine resumed

"WHO has resumed testing with hydroxychloroquine" to treat coronavirus. This was announced by the director general of the UN agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in the usual briefing on covid-19. The experimentation with the arthritis drug had been stopped after the publication of studies that considered it dangerous. The UN agency announced shortly the release of new guidelines on the use of masks. "Masks alone are not enough. They must be used as part of an overall strategy against coronavirus," said WHO director Maria Van Kerkhove, stressing that "masks are essential in situations where social distance cannot be respected. ". Regarding the communication of information with China, the WHO emergency chief, Mike Ryan, responded to a question on the Associated Press investigation which revealed "frustration" by the leaders of the UN agency towards delays. of China in providing information. "We worked day and night to share information equally with all member states and engaged in frank and frank communication with all governments." Ryan would be one of the people mentioned in the investigation. On the trend of the contagions in the world "Covid-19 cases in Europe continue to decrease, yesterday we recorded the lowest number since 22 March", said Ghebreyesu, who instead expressed "particular concern" for the situation of the contagions in Latin America and Central America, "where many countries are witnessing an acceleration of the epidemic". "We are also seeing an increase in the number of cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and Africa, although the numbers are much lower," he added.

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June 03, 2020 "WHO has resumed testing with hydroxychloroquine" to treat coronavirus. This was announced by the director general of the UN agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in the usual briefing on covid-19. The experimentation with the arthritis drug had been stopped after the publication of studies that considered it dangerous.

The UN agency announced shortly the release of new guidelines on the use of masks . "Masks alone are not enough. They must be used as part of an overall strategy against coronavirus," said WHO director Maria Van Kerkhove, stressing that "masks are essential in situations where social distance cannot be respected. ".

Regarding the communication of information with China, the WHO emergency chief, Mike Ryan, responded to a question on the Associated Press investigation which revealed "frustration" by the leaders of the UN agency towards delays. of China in providing information. "We worked day and night to share information equally with all member states and engaged in frank and frank communication with all governments." Ryan would be one of the people mentioned in the investigation.

On the trend of the contagions in the world "Covid-19 cases in Europe continue to decrease, yesterday we recorded the lowest number since 22 March", said Ghebreyesu, who instead expressed "particular concern" for the situation of the contagions in Latin America and Central America, "where many countries are witnessing an acceleration of the epidemic". "We are also seeing an increase in the number of cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and Africa, although the numbers are much lower," he added.

WHO: treatment with hydroxychloroquine resumed

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