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Should you use Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as palliation for the treatment of COVID19?-Dr. Harold Gunatillake Both chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are drugs that doctors in Sri Lanka have been prescribing for malaria for over 70 years and was most efficacious and specific for killing malarial parasite. Doctors also prescribed the same drugs nonspecifically for traveler’s diarrhea, amoebiasis, and autoimmune conditions.   Malaria is caused by mosquito bites in countries like Sri Lanka where it was prevalent in the past. The malarial parasite carried by these mosquitoes, enter the body through punctures and lives in tissues such as red blood cells or the liver. This controversial anti-malarial drug is given to Australians, suffering from Covid-19 without carrying out any clinical trials. It is the opinion of most doctors due to serious threatening side effects of the drug, against using it for conditions for which it has not been tested. ...