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The Italian Society for Rheumatology
studied 65,000 patients on longterm hydroxychloroquine for RA and Lupus.
Only 20 patients tested positive for COVID-19. No ICU, no deaths. This is a 90% reduction in infection rate compared to the rest of Italy. India has been offering it's policemen HCQ+ as a Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP)..
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Around 10,000 policemen over the age of 40 years were to be given the drug, hydroxychloroquine sulphate. However, only 4,500 of the policemen are taking the medicine diligently,” said Dr Sanjay Kapote of Apollo Clinics, who arranged for the tablets and their distribution across the police stations. Dr Kapote said there
was no mortality among the 4,500 policemen who took HCQS in Mumbai. “Although some in this group have contracted Covid, they had a mild attack,” he said. The toll of police personnel who have died in Mumbai in the last 25 days to nine.
