Trump defends disproved hydroxychloroquine again as COVID-19 cure
President Donald Trump defended the use of a disproved anti-malaria drug as a treatment for COVID-19 again on Tuesday. In a White House briefing, the US president defended his decision to promote a viral video of a group of doctors promoting the use of hydroxychloroquine, despite his own administration withdrawing emergency authorisation for its use against the coronavirus. Despite scientific studies showing hydroxychloroquine can do more harm than good when used to treat coronavirus symptoms, Trump, who first touted the drug as a coronavirus cure in March, said he believed it worked "in the early stages." Due to the risks of serious side effects such as heart rhythm problems, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked its emergency-use authorisation of the drug for COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) says there is currently "no proof" the anti-malaria drug is effective as a coronavirus treatment nor that it can prevent the virus. The president's c...