'Encouraging first step' in coronavirus drugs being trialled, UK health bosses say
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukTests which have shown an antiviral drug can limit the time it takes to recover from coronavirus represent an 'encouraging first step', UK health bosses have said.
International clinical trials proved that Remdesivir, originally developed as an Ebola treatment, can reduce the time patients suffer symptoms from 15 days down to 11.
Speaking at the daily Downing Street press conference, UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance said the results marked a 'really promising first step’. "It’s definitely not a magic bullet to cure this but it does show drugs will be possible to have an impact on this virus and there will be more that come along and ultimately it may need to be a combination of drugs that come together to make
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