US President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his taking antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a “line of defence” against the coronavirus.
“I think it’s worth it as a line of defence and I’ll stay on it for a little while longer. I’m just very curious myself, but it seems to be very safe,” Trump told reporters at the White House, a day after he disclosed that he has been taking the drug to ward off the deadly infection.
The US president said the drug has gotten a bad reputation only because ‘he was promoting it’.
“So, I am obviously a very bad promoter. If anybody else were promoting it, they would say this is the greatest thing ever,” he said.