A CORONAVIRUS patient believed to be on the brink of death has recovered after being given an experimental drug.
The woman, who contracted the illness in the US, was a test subject for 'remdesivir' and is said to be 'doing well'.The positive patient is said to be doing well after being treated with the drugGeorge Thompson, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, who helped to provide care to the patient said: "We thought she was going to pass away.
Remdesivir, which was originally developed to treat ebola, is seen as a frontrunner among the potential treatments for COVID-19 which are currently being tested. Last week a Spanish coronavirus patient has recovered after being treated with an HIV and multiple sclerosis drug. Miguel Angel Benitez, 62, made a full recovery at the Virgen del Rocio Hospital in Seville after being given the medicine that stops the bug multiplying in the blood.UK coronavirus cases hit 1,140 as death toll almost doubles to 21 overnight‘CRYING WITH JOY’Newborn baby has coronavirus as UK cases soar to 820 and 11 deadBenitez — who became the country's first case last month — was treated with the antiretroviral drug lopinavir-ritonavir, sold under the brand name Kaletra.
So there are possible antidotes.
Trust sun to publish a breakthrough before anyone else
LondonAIMCap Cocaines a hell of a drug
I want to but I don’t beleave you
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So if it’s highly contagious, how has she just caught the virus without travelling or being in contact with a sufferer? 🧐
Jack Daniels no7 sweat the twat out that’s my medicine
this is some positive news, Good to hear
Read about that.
Anything in the news yet bar The Sun
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İnteresting🧐
How old was she? I skimmed through the article, did i miss it
Same drug used to treat Marburg and ebola......🤔
This is a break through, I pray if gets better 🙏
Wow...
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