Russia Approves First Drug for Treatment Against COVID-19

Russia Approves First Drug for Treatment Against COVID-19
Paramedics and members of the Emergencies Ministry wearing personal protective equipment push a stretcher into an ambulance while transporting a patient amid the CCP virus outbreak in the city of Tver, Russia, on May 28, 2020. Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters
Zachary Stieber
By Zachary Stieber, Senior Reporter
Updated:
Russia granted approval to a drug for use against COVID-19, the first time authorities have given the green light to a medicine against the new disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.

Hospitals can soon begin giving favipiravir, a drug traditionally used against the flu, to patients in early June after approval by Russia’s Ministry of Health, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), and ChemRar Group said on Saturday.

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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