The World Health Organization pauses clinical trials in light of disturbing new results.
« We’re going to defeat the invisible enemy. I think we’re going to do it even faster than we thought. And it will be a complete victory. It’ll be a total victory, » declared President Trump at the White House coronavirus task force press briefing on March 18. He hinted that a second news conference in the next day or so would feature « some potentially very exciting news…having to do with the FDA. »
A day later the president asserted that the malaria and arthritis drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine had « shown very encouraging—very, very encouraging early results » in treating COVID-19. The president also praised the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for moving quickly, saying that drugs have « gone through the approval process; it’s been approved.
