ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has brought the global economy to a halt. Many lives have been lost as a result of this pandemic sickness. Different medications for COVID-19 prophylaxis have been attempted, including chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine. It has turned into a public health issue of global importance. All Nobel Laureates are working to find a cure for this disease, but there are still certain obstacles to overcome. Many countries are attempting to find a good therapy for COVID-19, and some are attempting to develop a vaccine, but there is still a long way to go. Chloroquine is the best treatment for COVID-19 because it has demonstrated to be effective in treating the disease, but it is not an appropriate treatment for COVID. The purpose of this article was to summarize the evidence for the use of CQ to treat COVID-19. © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
ABSTRACT
In the wake of the current outbreak of novel Covid-19, which is now declared as a ’pandemic’ by the WHO, people around the globe have been dealing with a lot of difficulties. This virus had come into light in December 2019 and since then has only grown exponentially. Amongst the most affected are the ones who have been working extremely hard to eradicate it, which includes the hos-pitals, dental fraternity and the health-care workers. These people are finan-cially burdened due to limited practise. In the case of dentistry, to avoid the spread of the virus, only emergency treatments are being approved, and the rest of the standard procedures have been put on hold. In some cases, as the number of covid cases is rising, many countries are even trying to eliminate the emergency dental procedures to divert the finances towards the treatment of covid suffering patients. What we need to realise is that this is probably not the last time that we are facing such a situation. Instead of going down, we should set up guidelines with appropriate precautionary measures together with the use of standardised PPEs. The government should also establish specific poli-cies to support dental practices and other health-care providers. Together, we can fight this pandemic and come out stronger.