Health
New Victoria coronavirus trial could speed up patient’s recovery time – 7NEWS.com.au
Melbourne researchers are seeking to determine whether an antiviral medication used to treat influenza can help people recover from COVID-19.
Melbourne researchers are looking for people infected with COVID-19 to participate in a trial of an antiviral medication that could speed up their recovery.
The Alfred and Monash University are enrolling symptomatic people with COVID-19 in the first five days of diagnosis to trial Favipiravir, a drug originally developed to treat people with influenza.
Trials are already underway in multiple countries including China, Japan and the United States.
There were two smaller trials in China which s…
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