Only One Drug Might Help Treat Coronavirus Symptoms: Health Expert

Only One Drug Might Help Treat Coronavirus Symptoms: Health Expert
Volunteers in protective suits disinfect a residential compound in Wuhan, the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak, in Hubei Province in China on Feb. 22, 2020. China Daily via Reuters
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Only one drug, developed by U.S.-based Gilead Sciences, has shown potential in treating symptoms of the new coronavirus, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Monday.

“There is only one drug right now that we think may have real efficacy and that’s remdesivir,” Dr. Bruce Aylward, an expert from Canada who is leading a team in China trying to find questions to lingering mysteries surrounding the new virus, told reporters in Beijing.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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