WASHINGTON - Twitter removed a video that was retweeted on President Donald Trump's account late Monday night sharing unproven claims that an anti-malaria drug is an effective treatment for the coronavirus.After returning from a trip to North Carolina where Trump promoted efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, he retweeted a series of tweets advocating for hydroxychloroquine.There is no known cure for COVID-19, according to the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. Numerous studies have shown that hydroxychloroquine is not an effective treatment for virus.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration also recently withdrew an order that allowed the drug's use as a emergency treatment for.