The Senate’s top Democrat on Sunday called on the Department of Veterans Affairs to explain why it allowed the use of an unproven drug on veterans for the
Coronavirus, saying patients may have been put at unnecessary risk.
Sen. Charles Schumer of
New York said the VA needs to provide
Congress more information about a recent bulk order for $208,000 worth of hydroxychloroquine.
President
Donald Trump has heavily promoted the malaria drug, without evidence, as a treatment for COVID-19.