The WHO hopes to have the first results from new coronavirus drug trials in two weeks

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Earlier this month, the WHO stopped the testing of hydroxychloroquine after studies indicated it showed no benefit in those who have the disease.

The World Health Organisation should soon get results from clinical trials it is conducting of drugs that might be effective in treating coronavirus patients, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.

Earlier this month, it stopped the testing of hydroxychloroquine after studies indicated it showed no benefit in those who have the disease but more work is still needed to see whether it may be effective as a preventative medicine. WHO officials defended their response to the virus that emerged in China last year, saying they had been driven by the science as it developed.

He urged countries to get on with identifying new clusters of cases, tracking down infected people and isolating them to help break the transmission chain.

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