Washington sources stated that till a couple of weeks ago, hydroxycholoroquine was the most-talked about answer to the novel coronavirus pandemic. US President donald trump was its self-appointed champion. But no, his health advisers did not think that the anti-malarial medicine was some miracle cure for Covid-19, the disease caused by novel coronavirus. Since the US has a big influence on the world, many countries wanted to import hydroxychloroquine from exporters like India. The narendra modi government had imposed a ban on its export in March. Under international pressure that attempted to paint india as taking an anti-humanitarian stand, the government lifted the ban on the export of the drug.
Later, clinical researches showed that hydroxychloroquine was not the miracle medicine that doctors have been asking for to treat and cure Covid-19 patients. It is still used in combination with other drugs but largely because there are only a few other alternatives. Like doctors and scientists, donald trump was also on the hunt for a miracle cure for Covid-19. He flip-flopped through april, once even wildly suggesting administering injections of disinfectant or bombarding patients with ultra-violet rays as treatment for Covid-19.
The National Institute for Allergy and Infection Diseases (NIAID) of the US funded a randomized clinical trial of remdesivir in April. A total of 1,063 patients were selected for the trial. They were treated with remdesivir and a placebo (a pill with no therapeutic value). The trial was stopped prematurely, some health experts said after 10 days. These are the noteworthy two clinical researches on treatment of Covid-19. And, these experiments don't suggest that remdesivir is a miracle cure for Covid-19. health experts have called for more research before accepting remdesivir as a treatment for Covid-19.
