Trump Says He is Taking Hydroxychloroquine

(Updated - May 18, 2020 4:26 PM, 4:40 PM EDT)

Speaking during a roundtable with restaurant executives, President Trump shocked reporters when he announced that he is taking the controversial malaria drug he touted as a treatment for coronavirus, hydroxychloroquine.

Trump takes one pill of hydroxychloroquine per day, along with zinc, and he has been taking the drug for about a week and a half.

He was cleared by the White House doctor to take the the malaria drug, but described it as a personal decision.

Test have shown Trump doesn't have coronavirus, he said.

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