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Nature. 2020 Apr 1. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2196-x. [Epub ahead of print]
The authors claim that the use of HCQ could significantly shorten clinical recovery time and promote the absorption of pneumonia in this small cohort of 62 patients.
The authors observed clinical improvement in 36 of 53 patients (68%) in this non-randomized and non-controlled study.
It reports that SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID19, remained viable in aerosols for at least 3 hours, and detectable on various solid surfaces up to 72 hours.