Tengiz Tsertsvadze denies reports as if Plaquenil is used for coronavirus prophylaxis

I think that thanks to medicine Plaquenil, elderly patients and those in a serious condition were recovered without the need of artificial respiration, Tengiz Tsertsvadze, Director of the Infectious Diseases Hospital, said on Tuesday.

According to him, just 11 out of the total 408 patients in Georgia have needed artificial respiration.

“In addition, I would also like to say that Georgia is not necessarily focused only on Plaquenil. We have successfully used the drug Tocilizumab to treat severely ill patients. It is a very a powerful drug and is prescribed only in exceptional cases. We are systematically aware of all the news and try to introduce any innovations in Georgia, including new medicine and treatment. You know that we are working on transfusing the plasma of the people, recovered from the coronavirus, into the patients, ”said Tengiz Tsertsvadze.

According to Tsertsvadze, the information that Plaquenil is used for asymptotic patients and for the coronavirus prophylaxis is false.