Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will stop taking hydroxychloroquine in the next couple days amid criticism and skepticism about his announcement he was taking the anti-malaria drug to guard against coronavirus.

"I think the regimen finishes in a day or two. I think it's in two days," Trump told reporters during a meeting with the governors of Arkansas and Kansas.

The president previously claimed that he started taking the pill more than a week ago, meaning he would have been on it for roughly two weeks. It's unclear why Trump would stop taking the drug if he believed it worked as a prophylactic to prevent the virus.

Trump first told reporters on Monday that he had started taking hydroxychloroquine after championing it as a potential treatment for the coronavirus despite limited evidence from the medical community. The president said at the time that he had asked his doctor about taking it but that it was not explicitly recommended for him.

The White House has been tight-lipped about any specifics of the president's intake. It has not provided any details about his dosage, or a specific timeline for how long he's been taking it. The lack of information has bred skepticism about whether the president is actually taking the drug.

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