Health
Flu drug could shorten COVID-19 – Ballina Shire Advocate
Australians hit by COVID-19 will be able to take part in a trial of a flu drug that could slash how long they are sick.
A drug developed to treat the flu could prove a COVID-19 game changer by more than halving the recovery time for patients.
Researchers from Melbourne’s The Alfred Hospital and Monash University have begun testing the antiviral drug Favipiravir on coronavirus patients, after successful international trials.
The antiviral medication stops a virus in its tracks by preventing it making a new version of itself inside human cells.
With the treatment, patients could get over the virus in four days c…
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