[WilsonPaige]

Opposing statement by a Ghanian doctor and director of public health:

"Dr. Badu Sarkodie, the Director of Public Health, Ghana Health Service (GHS), says they have no evidence that Chloroquine Phosphate 250mg is an effective treatment of the flu-like coronavirus (COVID-19).

He was reacting to claims on social media that Chloroquine Phosphate 250mg had been found by French and Chinese doctors to be effective for treatment of the virus.

Dr. Sarkodie in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said although the claim sounded promising, the GHS had not had any efficacy clinical trial to confirm that.

They could therefore not make any recommendation for the use of the drug to treat the virus.

"I cannot dispute the claim so the person saying this should provide more information because we have not sighted any publication to this effect," he added."

[rasz]

Some random doctor from a country with 6 confirmed cases must know better than studies in China.

[sp332]

That was two weeks ago. Now we have the results of two clinical studies.

[WilsonPaige]

Citations? That was precisely the doctor's objection - no citations, no facts, no data.

[sp332]

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bst/14/1/14_2020.01047/... This summarizes the results of a bunch of trials that were run in parallel in China.