Source: Blog of Roy Spencer, PhD
Several countries found
that anti-malarial drugs,
especially chloroquine,
reduce COVID-19
symptoms, and may
prevent infections.
Data below are based
on the total number
of COVID-19 cases,
and malaria cases,
as of March 17, 2020,
from World Health
Organization data.
COVID-19 incidence
is the number per million
total population, while
the malaria incidence
is reported per 1,000
“population at risk”.
Note:
No malaria data
are available
for countries
where malaria
has been
eradicated,
and there were
many countries where
no COVID-19 cases
had been reported,
as of Match 17, 2020.
CONCLUSION,
as of March 17:
The Countries
with malaria
have virtually
no COVID-19 cases,
and those countries
that have many
COVID-19 cases
have little or no
malaria:
Top 40 Malaria countries:
212.24 malaria per thousand
= 0.2 COVID-19 cases per million
Next 40 Malaria countries:
7.30 malaria per thousand
= 10.1 COVID-19 cases per million
Remaining 154 (non-)Malaria countries:
0.00 malaria per thousand
= 68.7 COVID-19 cases per million