The move, which takes immediate effect, is the first by a country since the WHO said it was pausing a large trial of the hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns PARIS : The French government on Wednesday cancelled a decree allowing hospital doctors to administer hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to patients suffering severe forms of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus.
The move, which takes immediate effect, is the first by a country since the World Health Organization said on Monday it was pausing a large trial of the malaria drug on COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns.
The cancellation of the decree, which in effect means the drug is now banned for such use, was announced in the government's