US President Donald Trump speaks during the 2020 ‘Salute to America’ event in honour of Independence Day in Washington, DC. AFP
Washington, July 5
WHO Ending HCQ Trial
- Berlin: The WHO says it is ending a trial into whether anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) helps patients hospitalised
with Covid-19. It has “accepted the recommendation” from the committee overseeing the trial to discontinue testing of HCQ.
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A review of the interim results showed HCQ and lopinavir/ritonavir “produce little or no reduction in the mortality of hospitalised Covid-19 patients when compared to standard of care. The WHO says the decision won't affect possible trials on patients who aren't hospitalised. AP
China must be held fully accountable for its “secrecy, deception and cover-up” that allowed it to spread Covid all over the world, US President Donald Trump said, upping the ante on Beijing over its handling of the outbreak.
Addressing the nation for a second time in as many days on the occasion of 244th Independence Day on Saturday, President Trump touted the country’s “progress” against the disease despite a nationwide spike in the number of cases.
‘Have finest testing’
We have the most and the finest testing anywhere in the world. We are producing gowns, masks, and surgical equipment in our country…It was almost exclusively made in foreign lands, in particular, China, where this virus came from. —Donald Trump, US President
“We have the manufacturing record for ventilators. We have the most and the finest testing anywhere in the world. We are producing gowns, masks, and surgical equipment in our country…It was almost exclusively made in foreign lands, in particular, China, where ironically this virus and others came from,” he said in his address from the lawns of the White House.
“China’s secrecy, deception, and cover-up allowed it to spread all over the world, 189 countries and China must be held fully accountable,” he said, once again accusing Beijing of covering up the outbreak.
On Friday, Trump made a direct appeal to disaffected white voters four months before Election Day, accusing protesters who have pushed for racial justice of engaging in a “merciless campaign to wipe out our history.” Praising America’s “scientific brilliance”, Trump said on Saturday that the US will likely have a therapeutic and/or vaccine solution long before the end of the year.
Trump has expressed disappointment over China’s handling of the pandemic in the past. In May, he claimed that it was the “incompetence” of Beijing that led to the mass killing across the globe.
China has denied US’ claim of “covering up” the extent of its Covid outbreak and has accused the US of attempting to divert public attention by insinuating that the virus originated from a virology laboratory in Wuhan.
“China was the first country to report Covid to the World Health Organisation (WHO), (and) that doesn’t mean the virus originated from Wuhan... There has never been any concealment, and we’ll never allow any concealment,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said in April. — PTI
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