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Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos, who was already out of this week’s Champions League meeting with Liverpool because of a calf injury, has tested positive for Covid-19, the club announced on Tuesday. "Our player Sergio Ramos tested positive in the last Covid-19 test he performed,” Real Madrid said in a statement. Ramos is the second case of coronavirus detected in the Real Madrid squad in a week. French defender Raphael Varane tested positive last Tuesday. Varane has not yet been given the green light to rejoin his teammates. Ramos injured his left calf while with Spain during the international window but he has been a vocal presence on the sidelines since. The positive test means he has to stay away from his teammates until he tests negative. The 35-year-old defender is going through one of the most difficult seasons of his career — he underwent knee surgery in February and, after returning in mid-March, missed the Liga game against Celta Vigo on March 20 because of a shin injury...

A Nigerian-born doctor, Stella Immanuel, said she had successfully treated more than 350 covid 19 patients  in the United States  using hydroxychloroquine, zinc and Zithromax. Immanuel disclosed this when she addressed the press after America’s Front line Doctors Summit in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Monday, July 27. She had first touted the effectiveness of the drug on April 27. “Hydroxychloroquine works if given early. President Trump we are with you. Many of us doctors know it and have used it. Don’t stop speaking up for us,” she tweeted. Hydroxychloroquine has long been used to treat malaria as well as other conditions such as lupus and arthritis. It’s used to reduce fever and inflammation, and the hope has been that it can also inhibit the virus that causes Covid-19. US President Donald Trump and his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro have since claimed hydroxychloroquine could prevent or treat COVID-19. “I’m here because I have pe...