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Wake Up Nigeria, February 21, 2020
According to reports, China has approved first anti-viral drug against Coronavirus Covid-19.
Anti-viral drug Favilavir has secured approval from the National Medical Products Administration of China to treat coronavirus Covid-19, according to media reports.
China Daily reported that the Taizhou government in Zhejiang province announced the approval, which marks the authorisation of the first drug against the new coronavirus.
According to China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, Favilavir is one of the three drugs that showed encouraging profile for blocking the new coronavirus in early clinical trials.
The remaining two drugs are anti-malaria drug chloroquine and Gilead’s experimental drug remdesivir.
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