{"id":20384,"date":"2020-05-26T11:14:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T11:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=20384"},"modified":"2020-05-26T11:14:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T11:14:08","slug":"coronavirus-who-halts-trials-of-hydroxychloroquine-over-safety-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2020\/05\/26\/coronavirus-who-halts-trials-of-hydroxychloroquine-over-safety-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: WHO halts trials of hydroxychloroquine over safety fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus has been halted because of safety fears, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.<\/p>\n<p>Trials in several countries are being &#8220;temporarily&#8221; suspended as a precaution, the agency said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after a recent medical study suggested the drug could increase the risk of patients dying from Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has said he has taken the drug to ward off the virus.<\/p>\n<p>The US president has repeatedly promoted the anti-malarial drug, against medical advice and despite warnings from public health officials that it could cause heart problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus has been halted because of safety fears, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Trials in several countries are being &ldquo;temporarily&rdquo; suspended as a precaution, the agency said on Monday. It comes after a recent medical study suggested the drug could increase the risk of patients dying from Covid-19. President Donald Trump has said he has taken the drug to ward off the virus. The US president has repeatedly promoted the anti-malarial drug, against medical advice and despite warnings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20386,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20384\/revisions\/20386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}