en عمومی General Letter to Editor Letter to Editor While we are waiting for the “best good news” of a vaccine that allows us to control the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, we have to find a solution to reduce the adverse effects of the disease on people’s health. The situation is not hopeful. According to the World Health Organization, 4278180 people have been infected, of whom 292376 have died (May 13, 2020), many in their productive age who surely were out of the economic upheavals due to the measures adopted to anticipating the pandemic will also have a negative impact on the world economy. COVID-19, treatment, hydroxychloroquine, SARS-CoV-2, chloroquine. 1 4 http://pbr.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-833-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Angela María Álvarez Gómez reproduccion@udea.edu.co 10031947532846005388 10031947532846005388 No Centre of Excellence in New Target Discovery, Butantan Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Walter D. Cardona Maya wdario.cardona@udea.edu.co 10031947532846005389 10031947532846005389 Yes Reproduction Group, Medical School, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.