An interim report prepared by the Telangana government has yielded promising results on the efficacy of prophylactic use of Hydroxychloroquine or HCQ, as it is popularly known, on preventing COVID-19 in frontline medical workers in the state.
Over 70 per cent of healthcare workers in the Telangana Government study who were administered the malarial drug on a trial basis to prevent against Covid-19 infection reported no onset of symptoms that were linked to the SARS-Cov-2 (Covid-19) viral infection.
394 (73.9 percent) healthcare workers who could potentially have contact with Covid-19 patients remained asymptomatic after ingesting HCQ and appeared to display strong immune responses to the Coronavirus.