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A drug being tested by scientists at China's prestigious Peking University could not only shorten the recovery time for those infected, but even offer short-term immunity from the virus, researchers say. Sunney Xie, director of the university's Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics, told AFP that the drug has been successful at the animal testing stage.
He added that the drug should be ready for use later this year and in time for any potential winter outbreak of the virus, which has infected 4.8 million people around the world and killed more than 315,000. China already has five potential coronavirus vaccines at the human trial stage, a health official said last week.But the World Health Organisation has warned that developing a vaccine could take 12 to 18 months. Scientists have also pointed to the potential benefits of plasma — a blood fluid — from recovered individuals who have developed antibodies to the virus enabling the body's defences to attack it.
Xie said his researchers had"an early start" since the outbreak started in China before spreading to other countries. Ebola drug Remdesivir was considered a hopeful early treatment for Covid-19 — clinical trials in the US showed it shortened the recovery time in some patients by a third — but the difference in mortality rate was not significant.
Fuck chinese and Americans! Madagascar🙏👊👊👑👑👑
We have our own Madagascar cue you can keep yos...
I hope it's not going to be tested on black people
I'd rather Trust China than America who are Clueless on what to do instead Blaming and blaming 😂😂😂😂
They should also strongly consider making a drug that inhibits their people's racist attitudes towards Africans.
Ja right once again MADE IN CHINA 🤬🤬🤬
Bat Soup
Sure they do !!
It’s obvious that China is racing to secure the cure for the Chinese virus, in order to profit from it by selling it globally: but not so fast, people do not trust China, not many countries will take a vaccine or medicine coming from China.
Never trust Chinese
😅😅😅'new'
That scientist is low-key referring to Madagascar cure 🙂
They must fix their mess.
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