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The Africa Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention is warning African nations against using the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, for treating COVID-19 patients.
This comes as the World Health Organization says it will temporarily drop hydroxychloroquine from its global study into experimental coronavirus treatments following safety concerns.
The drug has been controversially used by some world leaders- including US President Donald Trump.
In the video below, SABC’s Coletta Wanjohi reports from Addis Ababa on the CDC’s warning:
