Why Scientists Are Studying if Chloroquine Could Treat Coronavirus

A close look at why this old malaria drug could be promising for Covid-19

Bill Sullivan Jr
Elemental
Published in
4 min readMar 19, 2020

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AsAs Covid-19 ravages the world, scientists are desperately trying to develop a medication to stop the virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2). Dozens of drugs and vaccine candidates are in various

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Bill Sullivan Jr
Elemental

Bill Sullivan is the author of “Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are” (National Geographic Books).