Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine Are Being Used to Treat COVID-19 Patients: CDC

Medical staff shows packets of a Nivaquine, tablets containing chloroquine and Plaqueril, tablets containing hydroxychloroquine at the IHU Mediterranee Infection Institute in Marseille on Feb. 26, 2020. The drugs have shown signs of effectiveness against the CCP virus. Gerard Julien/AFP via Getty Images

Several drugs are being used to treat patients who contract the new CCP virus, which causes the COVID-19 disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Remdesivir, known as an anti-Ebola drug, and hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to treat malaria, are being used in the United States and other countries to treat COVID-19 patients, the agency, known as the CDC, said over the weekend.