Anti-malaria drug ‘puts Trump at risk’
ALEX Oxlade-chamberlain was one of the Premier League stars back on the training pitch yesterday as runaway league leaders Liverpool returned to action.
Clubs returned yesterday as six testing positive tests were reported.
Burnley assistant boss Ian Woan is among the ones to have tested positive for coronavirus.
His club said last night: “Burnley can confirm that after completing a Covid-19 test on Sunday, May 17, assistant manager Ian Woan has tested positive.
“Ian is asymptomatic and is currently safe and well at home.
“He will remain in close communication with club personnel regarding his re-engagement in training once he is clear of the virus.”
The Premier League have confirmed the positive tests, from three clubs, have come from 748 staff and players in the first wave of their move to make the game safe.
All those that tested positive will now have to selfisolate for a period of seven days. The other individuals are currently anonymous, but Woan’s identity was revealed late last night.
Earlier, the Premier League said in a statement: “On Sunday May 17 and Monday May 18, 748 players and club staff were tested for Covid-19. Of these, six have tested positive from three clubs.”
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DONALD Trump has been warned he is putting his life at risk after admitting taking the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine to stave off the coronavirus.
The US President, who has repeatedly pressed for the use of the anti-malaria drug, said he has been popping a pill “every day” for about a week and a half, adding: “I’m still here.
“I get a lot of tremendously positive news on the hydroxy, and I say, hey, you know the expression I’ve used ... what do you have to lose?”
In a statement, White House doctor Sean Conley said that after numerous discussions about the drug, he had concluded “the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks”.
But doctors have widely criticised the move with a former chief UK scientific adviser urging it “should be ignored”.
Sir David King said the US President is “making it up as he goes along”.
The Cambridge University professor who advised the UK Government was clear on what he thought of Mr Trump’s approach to science.
He told ITV’S Good Morning Britain: “I think he speaks from the top of his head and every word he says should be ignored in terms of advice.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the “morbidly obese’” President is putting his health at risk.
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