Brazil will expand its use of chloroquine for treating the coronavirus this week, according to President Jair Bolsonaro, after the country posted a record high daily death toll of 1,179 on Tuesday.
Brazil will expand its use of chloroquine for treating the coronavirus this week, according to President Jair Bolsonaro, after the country posted a record high daily death toll of 1,179 on Tuesday.
Bolsonaro said interim health minister Eduardo Pazuello would issue new guidelines on Wednesday expanding the recommended use of the anti-malarial drug to treat the coronavirus.
Health Minister Nelson Teich quit on Friday under pressure to sign the guidelines, making him the second trained doctor to leave the post in a month. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration