Bolsonaro says Brazil to issue new COVID-19 chloroquine protocol

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Brazil's Health Ministry will issue new guidelines on Wednesday expanding the recommended use of chloroquine for treating the novel coronavirus, ...

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro adjusts his mask as he leaves Alvorada Palace, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Brasilia, Brazil May 13, 2020. RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's health ministry will issue new guidelines on Wednesday expanding the recommended use of chloroquine for treating the COVID-19, President Jair Bolsonaro said, days after the health minister quit under pressure to sign the new guidelines.

Interim Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello, an active duty army general, will sign the new protocol and stay in the top job for now, the president said in an online interview on Tuesday evening.Bolsonaro said he kept a box of the anti-malarial drug in case his 93-year-old mother needed it, noting US President Donald Trump said he was

 

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He might as well add bleach to the concoction.

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