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French doctor defiant on hydroxychloroquine despite study

Drug peddler held, drugs recovered

Police arrest over 1250 accused in a week

Drugs combination, increasing testing capacity help combat COVID-19 cases: Dr Ata ur Rehman

Spain relaxes lockdown as South America named new epicentre

Spain says it will let in foreign tourists and restart top league football in the coming weeks, accelerating Europe's exit of strict virus lockdown, as South America is labelled "a new epicentre" by the World Health Organization

South America named virus epicenter as Trump seeks US reopening

South America is "a new epicenter" of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization has declared, as US President Donald Trump intensified his push to reopen the reeling American economy

Two notorious drug suppliers held with over 21 kg Heroin in Khanewal

Kacha Khue police have arrested two notorious drug peddlers and recovered 21.200 kilogram Heroin worth Rs over seven million from his possession here on Saturday

Coronavirus: latest global developments

RDIF, ChemRar Name New Drug Undergoing Trials to Treat COVID-19 Avifavir - Statement

A new drug that has shown its effectiveness at combating COVID-19, which is being produced as a joint venture between the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the ChemRar Group, will be called Avifavir, according to a statement published by the RDIF on Friday

Hydroxychloroquine shows no virus benefit, raises death risk: study

A study of nearly 100,000 coronavirus patients has shown no benefit in treating them with anti-viral drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine and even increased the likelihood of them dying in hospital

Hydroxychloroquine shows no coronavirus benefit, raises death risk: study

A study of nearly 100,000 coronavirus patients has shown no benefit in treating them with anti-viral drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine and even increased the likelihood of them dying in hospital

Drug Promoted by Trump as COVID-19 Treatment Increases Risk of Death - Study

A study involving more than 96,000 COVID-19 patients around the world found those who took an anti-malarial drug promoted by President Donald Trump had a higher risk of death than those who did not, the medical journal The Lancet reported on Friday

Brazil passes 20,000 virus deaths after record 24-hour toll

Latest on Coronavirus

The death toll from the coronavirus infection in the world reached almost 330,000, over 5.04 million cases of infection were detected, and over 1.92 million of those patients were cured, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from federal and local authorities, media and other sources

WHO recommends hydroxychloroquine only be used in clinical trials