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The White House on Sunday said that it has sent Brazil 2 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, a drug President Trump promoted to prevent and treat covid-19.
According to a joint statement by the countries, the United States will also deliver 1,000 ventilators to Brazil, which is experiencing a rapid increase in coronavirus cases and has reported 28,834 deaths, fourth behind the United States, Britain and Italy.
Hydroxychloroquine, the statement said, “will be used as a prophylactic to help defend Brazil’s nurses, doctors, and healthcare professionals against the virus. It will also be used as a therapeutic to treat Brazilians who become infected.”
The countries also announced that they would conduct joint research that will include clinical trials, which, the statement said, “will help further evaluate the safety and efficacy of [hydroxychloroquine] for both prophylaxis and the early treatment of the coronavirus.”
Last week, the World Health Organization announced that it had temporarily stopped a global trial of the drug, citing a study that found a significantly higher risk of death among those taking hydroxychloroquine or the closely related drug chloroquine.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is an ardent admirer of Trump and has played down the severity of the pandemic, calling it a “little flu.”
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It can kill certain patients so we don't need it any more, so send it to Brazil. Bolsanaro is Trump's kindred spirit.
The White House on Sunday said that it has sent Brazil 2 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, a drug President Trump promoted to prevent and treat covid-19.
According to a joint statement by the countries, the United States will also deliver 1,000 ventilators to Brazil, which is experiencing a rapid increase in coronavirus cases and has reported 28,834 deaths, fourth behind the United States, Britain and Italy.
Hydroxychloroquine, the statement said, “will be used as a prophylactic to help defend Brazil’s nurses, doctors, and healthcare professionals against the virus. It will also be used as a therapeutic to treat Brazilians who become infected.”
The countries also announced that they would conduct joint research that will include clinical trials, which, the statement said, “will help further evaluate the safety and efficacy of [hydroxychloroquine] for both prophylaxis and the early treatment of the coronavirus.”
Last week, the World Health Organization announced that it had temporarily stopped a global trial of the drug, citing a study that found a significantly higher risk of death among those taking hydroxychloroquine or the closely related drug chloroquine.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is an ardent admirer of Trump and has played down the severity of the pandemic, calling it a “little flu.”
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It can kill certain patients so we don't need it any more, so send it to Brazil. Bolsanaro is Trump's kindred spirit.