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Twitter gave the president's son a 12-hour time out from tweeting on Tuesday after he posted a link to a video containing what Twitter said was misleading information about COVID-19.

Donald Trump Jr posted a video promoting the drug hydroxychloroquine, which his father has also promoted and claimed to be taking himself as a precaution against the coronavirus...

However scientists in the UK have also halted a large trial of the drug after early results showed it had no benefit in those suffering from the virus.

"We reviewed the data and concluded there is no evidence of a beneficial effect of hydroxychloroquine in patients," said Professor Martin Landray from the University of Oxford, who is co-leading the RECOVERY trial.

"This is not a treatment [for COVID-19]," he said.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...video-12037963