The statement made by the President of the U.S, Donald Trump, this Thursday, March 19, led the world to interpret that they had discovered the cure for new coronavirus, which did not happen.
The fact is that, based on a study carried out in China, where it was observed that the drugs hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir showed satisfactory results in the fight against the coronavirus, the US government requested acceleration in tests and possible approval by the FDA (Food and Drugs Administration), a body similar to Anvisa in Brazil.
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At the time, Stephen Hahn, one of the members of the FDA, said that the use of the drug is still in the testing period, to verify how it works and what dosage should be used against the disease.
Hydroxychloroquine is already used to treat malaria and is being tested against Covid-19 in France.
Press conference
At the press conference, Trump said that soon anyone will be able to buy the medicine, if they have a prescription. Hydroxychloroquine can also be delivered to hospitals and consultations.
“Doctors will distribute the medicine, the States will too, it will be excellent. This may or may not be the turning point,” Trump argued.
"Individual states deal with it, doctors deal with it, I think it's going to be great," Trump added. It is worth noting that the drug is still in the study phase. In this way, as the president says, “it could be a watershed, and maybe not”.
For the US government, the benefit of administering an existing drug is knowing that it has been tested and approved. “If you start developing a drug from scratch, you don't know what will happen.”
However, the use of the medicine had already been proposed by other important names, such as Elon Musk, president of Tesla, and Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.
Quarantine in USA
With the spread of coronavirus cases in the united states, more than 10,000 confirmed cases and 150 deaths, the US government says it will only be able to say “on the fourteenth day” whether the 15-day social isolation will be extended.
Trump claimed that the regions hardest hit by the disease are “working hard to quarantine” and that the “government is moving quickly to offer more remote work”.
Race to Create a Vaccine
Stephen Hahn of the FDA reported that the vaccine tests must enable its use within 12 months. According to Trump, this is a focus of the FDA.
The immunization product was developed by the pharmaceutical company Moderna, which since Hahn's announcement had its shares increased by more than 20%, as shown by the Bloomberg news site.
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