President Donald Trump told reporters on Saturday that an anti-malaria drug that could be used to treat those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 would be a ‘gift from God’ if it works.

Hydroxychloroquine has been used for years to treat malaria, and azithromycin, also commonly referred to as a Z-pack is often used to treat sinus and upper respiratory infections. Some studies suggest that this cocktail could shorten the duration of symptoms for those who get the virus.

“I feel very good about it,” said Trump. “[Dr. Anthony Fauci] would feel like, ‘I’d like samples done in a certain way,’ and I understand that, too. Many doctors agree with that. But we don’t have much time. We have a lot of very sick people right now in hospitals all over the place.”

The president added, “Right now, this, to me, would be the greatest thing that could happen. This would be a gift from heaven. This would be a gift from God, if it works. So we’re gonna pray to God that it does work. It’d be a fantastic thing.”

The small study out of France analyzed 26 patients who had COVID-19 and treated them with the hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin. Six of those who were treated tested negative for the virus after only six days.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institution of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was adamant that there is no cure all for COVID-19, he did say that it is “not an unreasonable thing to hope for people” that the anti-malaria drug could be an effective therapy for those sick with the disease.

“There are those who lean to the point of giving hope and saying, ‘Give that person the option of having access to that drug,’ and then you have the other group, which is my job as a scientist, to say, my job is to ultimately prove, without a doubt, that a drug is not only safe, but that it actually works. Those two things are really not incompatible,” Fauci said.

Presumably, 10,000 units of the drug cocktail are being sent to New York which is now considered the epicenter in the U.S. for the virus.