U.S. sends Brazil two million doses of hydroxychloroquine drug touted by Trump

The United States has supplied Brazil with two million doses of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for use against the coronavirus, the two governments said on Sunday, despite warnings about risks associated with the anti-malaria drug.

The White House released a joint announcement on the drug, whose use has been touted both by U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, just days after the World Health Organization suspended testing it on COVID-19 patients because of safety concerns.

Trump himself said in mid-May that he was on a regimen of HCQ as a preventive measure, even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had issued a warning about its use for the coronavirus.

Bolsonaro, a right-wing leader who has forged personal ties with Trump, said he keeps a box of the drug in case his 93-year-old mother needed it.

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