Four or more dosage of HCQ helped health workers ward off Covid-19: ICMR

According to the National Task Force for Covid-19 in India recommended once a week maintenance dose for seven weeks (400 mg once weekly), following the loading dose (400 mg bd)

Citing noteworthy benefits of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) prophylaxis against coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that the consumption of four or more doses of the antimalarial drug- (HCQ), has shown a significant decline of Covid-19 infection among health care workers (HCWs).

As healthcare workers deputed in the treatment of coronavirus patients are at the higher risk of contracting virus, a pivotal study done by India's apex medical research body has revealed a significant reduction (>80 per cent) in the odds of Covid-19 infection in the HCWs was identified with the intake of six or more doses of HCQ