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Antiviral drugs fail to cure coronavirus, study shows

According to one of the first studies on patients seriously ill with the coronavirus, standard anti-viral drugs cannot cure or even treat the coronavirus. The study was carried out in China and the researchers claim that a lot more research is required to have any kind of consensus on the effectiveness of existing medicine.

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Thu Mar 19 - NewYorkTimes

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