The drugs that have shown promise in treating Covid
by Sarah Boseley Health editor from on (#5GV49)
After the announcement of an antiviral taskforce, here are some medicines already in use
The government has launched an antiviral taskforce to find at least two drugs by autumn that people could take at home as pills or capsules at home to stop coronavirus infections turning into serious illness and speed recovery times.
But these will not be the first medicines to have shown promise in the treatment of Covid-19. Here we look at some that been found to help in the pandemic so far:
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