Debate on drug to treat Covid-19 politicised; India uses it: White House

The idea that hydroxychloroquine is a dangerous drug is 'just silly', says Peter Navarro, White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Director.

The use of hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus patients has become highly politicized in the US but it is used widely in India, a top White House official has said, asserting latest research showed the malaria drug is highly effective in early stages of COVID-19.

"It's the politicization of this medicine by the mainstream media and portions of the medical community that somehow made this a battle between President Trump and them and created this undue fear and hysteria over a drug, a medicine that has been used for over 60 years relatively safely and is regularly prescribed to pregnant women if