<p>Several hospitals in the US are using antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 positive patients, a media report has said.</p>.<p>MDedge, a medical publication, on Friday reported that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is currently the first-line therapy and Tocilizumab the second-line medication for people hospitalized with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19 infection in the Yale New Haven Health System, which operates hospitals across Connecticut.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-lockdown-30-heres-list-of-what-will-remain-open-and-closed-across-india-832386.html" target="_blank"><strong>Coronavirus lockdown 3.0: Here's a list of what will remain open and closed across India</strong></a></p>.<p>“Hydroxychloroquine is first-line at Yale because in-vitro data shows potent inhibition of the virus and possible clinical benefit, which is about as good as evidence gets at the moment,” Indian-American cardiologist Nihar Desai told the medical publication.</p>.<p>"It's cheap, it's been used for decades, and people are relatively comfortable with it," he added.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-india-sees-lowest-daily-growth-rate-tally-crosses-26k-concerns-mount-over-maharashtra-827545.html?_ga=2.51511081.1897564725.1587733090-1742751096.1579906940" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>"We are trying to do the best we can. One hopes we never have to go through anything like this (coronavirus pandemic) again," Desai told MDedge.</p>.<p>His home institution, Yale New Haven Hospital, is almost half full with COVID-19 patients, at more than 400, the report said.</p>.<p>On US President Donald Trump's request, India allowed the export of 50 million HCQ tablets to treat COVID-19 patients in America, the worst-hit country by the pandemic.</p>.<p>On Friday, US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization (EUA) for the use of investigational anti-viral Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.</p>.<p>HCQ was the first drug to receive EAU from FDA for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.</p>.<p>US President Donald Trump has been an advocate of use of HCQ, which has reportedly cured patients in New York and several other place.</p>.<p>Reports indicate that the malaria drug has been effective during the initial phases of a person being infected by coronavirus but poses a danger to those having heart ailments. </p>
<p>Several hospitals in the US are using antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 positive patients, a media report has said.</p>.<p>MDedge, a medical publication, on Friday reported that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is currently the first-line therapy and Tocilizumab the second-line medication for people hospitalized with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed COVID-19 infection in the Yale New Haven Health System, which operates hospitals across Connecticut.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-lockdown-30-heres-list-of-what-will-remain-open-and-closed-across-india-832386.html" target="_blank"><strong>Coronavirus lockdown 3.0: Here's a list of what will remain open and closed across India</strong></a></p>.<p>“Hydroxychloroquine is first-line at Yale because in-vitro data shows potent inhibition of the virus and possible clinical benefit, which is about as good as evidence gets at the moment,” Indian-American cardiologist Nihar Desai told the medical publication.</p>.<p>"It's cheap, it's been used for decades, and people are relatively comfortable with it," he added.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-india-sees-lowest-daily-growth-rate-tally-crosses-26k-concerns-mount-over-maharashtra-827545.html?_ga=2.51511081.1897564725.1587733090-1742751096.1579906940" target="_blank">For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>"We are trying to do the best we can. One hopes we never have to go through anything like this (coronavirus pandemic) again," Desai told MDedge.</p>.<p>His home institution, Yale New Haven Hospital, is almost half full with COVID-19 patients, at more than 400, the report said.</p>.<p>On US President Donald Trump's request, India allowed the export of 50 million HCQ tablets to treat COVID-19 patients in America, the worst-hit country by the pandemic.</p>.<p>On Friday, US Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization (EUA) for the use of investigational anti-viral Remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.</p>.<p>HCQ was the first drug to receive EAU from FDA for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.</p>.<p>US President Donald Trump has been an advocate of use of HCQ, which has reportedly cured patients in New York and several other place.</p>.<p>Reports indicate that the malaria drug has been effective during the initial phases of a person being infected by coronavirus but poses a danger to those having heart ailments. </p>