President Donald Trump said two drugs are being tested as possible COVID-19 therapies.
A study in Nature showed lab studies revealed remdesivir combined with chloroquine were “highly effective” against novel coronavirus and “should be assessed in human patients” with COVID-19. It is now being tested in several clinical trials as a treatment for the illness.
According to a case study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the man had a fever, cough and fatigue. He developed atypical pneumonia, commonly called walking pneumonia, and he was given oxygen and other treatments, including remdesivir. His condition improved days later and he was later discharged from a hospital in Everett, Washington.
Hahn said there are also efforts underway to look at the use of what's known as convalescent plasma. The procedurethe immunoglobulins in the blood to possibly boost immunity against the virus.
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