Centre revises advisory on usage of Hydroxychloroquine for asymptomatic health care, front line workers
By migrator | May 23, 2020, 18:36 IST
HEALTH | MAY 23, 2020:
Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR has said that consuming the anti malarial drug- Hydroxychloroquine reduces the chances of getting infected with corona virus. ICMR has issued the revised advisory on the use of Hydroxychloroquine.
The Joint Monitoring Group including experts from top research bodies and hospitals reviewed the prophylactic use of Hydroxychloroquine in the context of expanding it to healthcare and other front line workers deployed in non-Covid and Covid areas, respectively.