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A French Professor Reveals Chloroquine Cures And Stops The Spread Of The Coronavirus

Professor Didier Raoult, director of the Mediterranean Institute of Infection, poses for a portrait in his office at La Timone hospital in Marseille, Southern France

An acclaimed research professor in France revealed successful results of a potential treatment for COVID-19, the coronavirus.

What’s going on:

    • Professor Didier Raoult, who works for the infection hospital l’Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection in Marseille, published a new video in which he explained that the COVID-19 patients who were treated “with the drug chloroquine had seen a rapid and effective speeding up of their healing process, and a sharp decrease in the amount of time they remained contagious.”
    • Chloroquine has previously been used to prevent and treat malaria.
    • The drug was offered to 24 patients, who were among the first 24 to become infected in France’s southeastern region.
    • Patients were given the drug for 10 days. Researchers monitored the patients since the drug can cause severe side effects.
    • Raoult said those who did not receive the drug were still contagious after six days. Those who tried the drug were only 25% contagious, though.