China and South Korea have had protocolos in place for months that patients who tested positive for Covid-19 are given HydroxyChloroquine

by Playaguy

South Korea has been using HydroxyChloroquine since February in their treatment protocols http://m.koreabiomed.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=7428

China has had a HydroxyChloroquine protocol since at least February https://web.archive.org/32075365-expert-consensus-on-chloroquine-phosphate-for-the-treatment-of-novel-coronavirus-pneumonia/

How it works:

We have known since 2005 that Chloroquine is a potent inhibitor of SARS coronavirus infection and spread https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1232869/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

Chloroquine works by opening up the pathway to allow in more Zinc.

Zinc Inhibits Coronavirus and Arterivirus RNA Polymerase Activity In Vitro and Zinc Ionophores Block the Replication of These Viruses in Cell Culture https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1001176

Chloroquine Is a Zinc Ionophore. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0109180