Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 24, 2020

National Consumption of Antimalarial Drugs and COVID-19 Deaths Dynamics: An Ecological Study

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  • This ecologic modeling study compares the dynamics of COVID-19 daily deaths in countries using anti-malaria drugs as a treatment from the start of the epidemic versus countries that do not. The authors report major differences in death rates, with countries using or producing chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine on a massive scale faring better than those which do not.
  • The authors note that there could be systematic differences between the two groups, such as testing strategies or political structure that could account for the difference in death rates. 

Izoulet (Apr 24, 2020). National Consumption of Antimalarial Drugs and COVID-19 Deaths Dynamics: An Ecological Study. Pre-print downloaded Apr 24 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.18.20063875