CORONAVIRUS | Hydroxychloroquine cannot stop Covid-19 from progressing more severely in patients, as suggested by available data from Malaysia.

The drug did not appear to prevent the conditions of patients in either Stage 2 or 3 from worsening, The Star quoted infectious disease consultant Dr K Suresh as saying.

Suresh, who is also the Hospital Sungai Buloh’s head of medical department, said this at a webinar on the latest status of clinical management of Covid-19 on Thursday which was moderated by former deputy...