After trump claimed to be taking the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, White House doctor Sean & middot; Sean Conley said in a statement on the 18th that he and trump discussed the advantages and disadvantages of taking the drug, and finally they believed that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages. However, the statement did not say when trump started taking the drug and the dose, nor did it say whether Conley prescribed the drug for him. The statement also said that Trump regularly accepted COVID-19 testing, so far, the results are negative.
Novel coronavirus pneumonia or chloroquine treatment should not be used in the hospital in April 24th, except for hospitalization and clinical trials, because the food and drug administration may cause arrhythmia.
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Trump claims to be taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent new crowns
According to the National Broadcasting Corporation and other media reports, US President Trump said 18 days, he himself has regularly taken hydroxychloroquine drugs for a week and a half, the purpose is to prevent infection COVID-19. Trump said he was not sure whether the drug would be effective, but he believed that even if the drug was ineffective, it would not make people 'sick or dead'.
Trump has repeatedly recommended hydroxychloroquine at the White House press conference, causing a lot of controversy. Earlier, the Washington Post reported that a study published by the Department of Veterans Affairs in April 21st found that COVID-19 infected patients taking hydroxychloroquine were more likely to die than those who did not take the drug. Another warning from the US Food and drug administration is that doctors should not allow COVID-19 infected patients to use the drug outside the hospital because the drug may cause serious heart rhythm problems. According to CNN, trump suffers from a common heart disease according to previous medical information.
There are more than 1.5 million new crown infections and more than 90000 new crown deaths in the United States
According to Johns & middot; Hopki University epidemic real-time monitoring system showed that as of 5:32 pm Eastern time May 18th, there were 1504386 cases of COVID-19 infection in the United States, including 90194 deaths.
At present, New York State, where the epidemic is the most serious, has 351371 cases of infection, including 28339 deaths. In addition, New Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts, California, Pennsylvania and Michigan also had more than 50000 infection cases.
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