The World Health Organisation says chloroquine is not a cure for Covid-19, and is looking to more studies to establish just how the drug works with regards to coronavirus.
WHO director for health emergencies said in a teleconference from Geneva that observational studies so far into the effective of chloroquine were not randomized.
The studies focused on the outcomes, even though patients were admitted at different stages in the course of their illness.
“The outcome that was really focused on was the length of illness. And the observation that was made was that the length of hospitalization, significant symptoms reduced,” he said.
“No one here is talking about cure, no one is talking about taking a magic pill and all of a sudden you recover from Covid. Everyone is looking for therapies that will shorten the disease illness, will prevent people going from moderate to severe, and prevent people that are critical from dying.”
