President Trump said at a roundtable Monday that he''''s been taking the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine and a zinc supplement for "about a week and a half" as a preventative measure against the coronavirus.

Why it matters: The FDA issued a warning last month that the unproven drug should only be taken in hospitals because of the risk of heart complications. There''''s no substantiated evidence that taking hydroxychloroquine prevents COVID-19 infections.

What he''''s saying:

DISCLAIMER: READ THE FDA''''s WARNINGS ABOUT HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE