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Japanese miracle cure for COVID-19? It is being tested in Hungary
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Favipiravir is an antiviral medication developed in Japan. Several tests are being done to see how effective it is against the novel coronavirus. So far, it seems that it is able to eradicate the virus from the body in six days. Testing starts in Hungary soon.
The National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition recently approved the clinical testing of favipiravir on coronavirus patients in Hungary, 24 reports.
A hundred COVID-19 patients will be tested for the first time ever in Hungary with the Japanese medicine. Tests will be carried out by medical universities and the National Korányi Institute of Pulmonology (five health institutions in total), György Keserű, a scientific advisor and corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences told M1.
Hungary received enough medicine from Japan to treat 100 patients, who will be tested in the five appointed healthcare institutions. The aim of these clinical tests is to confirm the medicine’s effectiveness so that it could be completely approved for medical use against COVID-19, which could take six to twelve months.