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Coronavirus: Hydroxychloroquine

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN HL4687, tabled on 19 May 2020

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of taking hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19; and what plans they have to supply hydroxychloroquine to members of the Cabinet.

Answered on

8 June 2020

Clinical trials are currently under way in the United Kingdom and internationally to test whether existing medicines, including hydroxychloroquine, are safe and effective for treating COVID-19. An assessment of the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine will be made following the conclusion of the trials.

There are no plans to supply hydroxychloroquine to members of the Cabinet.