Summary:
- Currently, no treatments have been approved for coronavirus
- Extensive clinical trials for the effectiveness of the intravenous antiviral, remdesivir, for the treatment of COVID-19, are underway. While the drug isn’t approved by the FDA yet, the authority has given emergency use authorization to make it widely accessible.
- Researchers have also turned their focus to older medicines used for treating other conditions to see if they can help treat the coronavirus.