Correspondents of “Chronicles of Turkmenistan” report that healthcare practitioners from Ashgabat outpatient clinics distribute anti-inflammatory medicine Reconil (hydroxychloroquine) and Paracetamol among all their patients over 40. Doctors recommend using these as a preventive measure against viral diseases. The words “Coronavirus” or “COVID-19” are not used by healthcare practitioners, who only refer to “a virus”.
Doctors recommend taking two pills of Reconil a day after a meal.
At the same time, the website of the WHO reports that they do not recommend hydroxychloroquine to prevent or treat COVID-19. The trials which had been conducted did not prove its efficiency in treating COVID-19.
In an attempt to appease residents, healthcare practitioners say that the number of cases is decreasing and the mortality rate is reducing. However, correspondents of “Chronicles of Turkmenistan” do not confirm these reports.
Hospitals are still experiencing a shortage of beds. Grave diggers at cemeteries are extremely busy and often mobilize relatives of those who have died to help them dig graves.
According to correspondents of “Chronicles of Turkmenistan”, at least two to three people are buried in the village of Nohur, Akhal velayat on a daily basis.The post Pills for the prevention of “viral infections” distributed among Ashgabat residents over 40 first appeared on Chronicles of Turkmenistan.