‘Drug is not stopping virus’

KUALA LUMPUR: Available data from Malaysia suggests that hydroxychloroquine is unable to stop Covid-19 from progressing to more severe stages of the disease in patients.

Data from patients who are either in Stage 2 or 3 showed that the drug did not prevent their condition from worsening, said Dr K. Suresh, an infectious disease consultant who is also Hospital Sungai Buloh’s head of Medical Department.