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dailystar.co.ukA drug being used to combat strains of the flu has also been effective in coronavirus patients, it has been claimed. Favipiravir has been used in clinical trials in Wuhan and Shenzhen, China, involving 340 coronavirus patients.
People given the medicine in Shenzhen showed greater chest improvement compared to those who did not receive it. Doctors in Japan are using the same drug – also known as Avigan – on coronavirus patients with mild to moderate symptoms in a bid to prevent the spread of the disease, The Guardian reports.
However, a health ministry official claims it is not as effective on those with severe symptoms. The source told Japanese media: “We’ve given Avigan to 70 to 80 people, but it doesn’t seem to work that well when the
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