Coronavirus UK: Jeremy Corbyn’s brother Piers protests lockdown and touts chloroquine as a ‘cure’

Jeremy Corbyn’s conspiracy theorist brother has been fined by police after spearheading an anti-lockdown protest, where he touted Donald Trump’s chloroquine as a Covid-19 cure. Piers Corbyn, 73, was seen carrying a sign which included the slogan ‘end lockdown now’ during the 40 person strong protest in the centre of Glastonbury, Somerset, on Sunday.   Mr … Read more

Rita Wilson says she couldn’t walk and had vertigo after taking chloroquine to treat coronavirus

Rita Wilson has said she felt ‘completely nauseous’, had achy muscles, vertigo, and couldn’t walk after taking chloroquine as a coronavirus treatment. The opera singer and actress contracted COVID-19 at the same time as her husband Tom Hanks while they were working in Australia and were some of the first celebrities to reveal they had … Read more

Swedish hospitals stop prescribing chloroquine for coronavirus patients after adverse side effects

Hospitals in Sweden have stopped using the malaria drug chloroquine on coronavirus patients after reports it was causing blinding headaches and vision loss. Doctors in the Vastra Gotaland region, 200miles west of Stockholm, are no longer administering the medication, touted as a ‘miracle drug’ by Donald Trump.  A number of patients at hospitals in the county reported suffering … Read more

Malaria drug chloroquine helps coronavirus patients recover quicker, finds study

A small study done in China has claimed the malaria drug chloroquine can help coronavirus patients recover quicker. Doctors in Renmin Hospital, Wuhan – where the pandemic began – gave 31 coronavirus patients hydroxychloroquine for five days and treated another 31 with normal therapy. Pneumonia infections improved in 25 per cent more patients in the … Read more

Malaria drug chloroquine helps coronavirus patients recover quicker, finds study

A small study done in China has claimed the malaria drug chloroquine can help coronavirus patients recover quicker. Doctors in Renmin Hospital, Wuhan, gave 31 coronavirus patients hydroxychloroquine for five days and treated another 31 with normal therapy. Pneumonia infections improved in 25 per cent more patients in the chloroquine group when compared to those … Read more