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2020-02-04 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Thailand 'cures' coronavirus with anti-HIV drug cocktail in 48 hours,

[DailySabah] A Chinese woman infected with the new coronavirus showed a dramatic improvement after she was treated with a cocktail of anti-virals used to treat flu and HIV, Thailand's health ministry said Sunday.

The 71-year-old patient tested negative for the virus 48 hours after Thai doctors administered the combination, doctor Kriengsak Attipornwanich said during the ministry's daily press briefing.

"The lab result of positive on the coronavirus turned negative in 48 hours," Kriengsak said.

"From being exhausted before, she could sit up in bed 12 hours later."

The doctors combined the anti-flu drug oseltamivir with lopinavir and ritonavir, anti-virals used to treat HIV, Kriengsak said, adding the ministry was awaiting research results to prove the findings.

The news comes as the new virus claimed its first life outside China – a 44-year-old Chinese man who died in the Philippines – while the death toll in China has soared above 300.

Posted by Woodrow 2020-02-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Interesting that anti-HIV drugs work on this virus.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-04 02:42|| 2020-02-04 02:42|| Front Page Top

#2 actually death toll now over 400

the Thailand treatment is not much different than what is being done in other countries -- essentially using the best anti viral meds on hand

Posted by lord garth 2020-02-04 05:52|| 2020-02-04 05:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Unless the availability is cranked up. This puppy could likely go pandemic.

Posted by Woodrow 2020-02-04 08:59|| 2020-02-04 08:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Death toll from coronavirus rises to 427 as officials confirm more than 20,000 people worldwide have now come down with the illness

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-04 12:22|| 2020-02-04 12:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Interesting that anti-HIV drugs work on this virus.

Cost of HIV drugs has surged by 35% since 2012 as Big Pharma cashes in on yearly price hikes - putting Trump's pledge to end HIV in the US at risk

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-04 12:53|| 2020-02-04 12:53|| Front Page Top

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