What did Donald Trump claim about the pandemic on 19 Mar 2020?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
And that's where the FDA has been so great. They've gone through the approval process; it's been approved.
The FDA had not approved chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19. They were approved for malaria, lupus and arthritis; for COVID-19 the FDA later granted only a temporary emergency use authorization, which it revoked.
The FDA states that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine 'are FDA-approved to treat or prevent malaria' and that they 'have not been shown to be safe and effective for treating or preventing COVID-19'; their COVID-19 use was only authorized temporarily through an Emergency Use Authorization, revoked on June 15, 2020 (FDA Drug Safety Communication, April 24, 2020, updated July 1, 2020).
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- White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing, James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.
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