Marina Ezugbaia: We've reintroduced Plaquenil

According to Marina Ezugbaia, Clinical Director of Tbilisi Infectious Hospital, on the basis of yesterday's announcement, Georgia has reintroduced using of Plaquenil. As Ezugabia told the reporters, the medicine will be used according to the required criteria.

"Yes, we've reintroduced Plaquenil. You already know that it has been suspended in the protocol for a while. On the basis of yesterday's letter, Plaquenil will be reintroduced once again. The medicine will be used according to the required criteria. In general, it can be used with the patients involved in the research, this is the recommendation - and as we represent a scientific-practical center and since our patients are freely participating in the research, we don't see a problem here", - stressed Ezugbaia.

For the record, the experts of the WHO have decided to reintroduce Plaquenil in the list of testing medicine against the COVID-19. Before that, the WHO had temporarily suspended the usage of the drug.