Covid-19: Algeria and Morocco continue using chloroquine despite concerns

Moroccan health minister Khalid Aït Taleb says use of chloroquine leads to faster recovery

Health authorities in Algeria and Morocco say they intend to continue treating Covid-19 patients with anti-malaria drugs despite safety concerns raised by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Algeria claims to have had “ great success” using hydroxychloroquine in combination with antibiotics and says it has “not noted any adverse…

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Former Middle East editor of the Guardian. Website: www.al-bab.com. Author of 'Arabs Without God'.

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Former Middle East editor of the Guardian. Website: www.al-bab.com. Author of 'Arabs Without God'.