March 16, 2020

Coronavirus update



 
Via John Gear

Guardian, UK - Experts have criticised NHS advice that people self-isolating with Covid-19 should take ibuprofen, saying there is plausible evidence this could aggravate the condition. The comments came after French authorities warned against taking widely used over the counter anti-inflammatory drugs.


Chloroquine, an anti-malarial drug, and HIV-suppressing combination lopinavir/ritonavir have both reportedly shown promising results in human tests and made the virus 'disappear' in infected patients.


Multiple States Order Restaurants Closed

Misconceptions Many African Americans Have About Coronavirus 

Nine new countries/territories/areas (African Region [7], European Region [1] and Region of Americas [1]) in have reported cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm glad to see that some non vaccine Covid-19 treatments are making progress. Waiting for a vaccine to be developed, tested and distributed will take much longer than combining already approved drugs available now. This could be a game changer, more power to them.