Beijing uses anti-HIV drugs to treat corona virus

Beijing's government says some of the city's hospitals are giving patients with Corona virus, which has flared up from Wuhan, to apply anti-HIV drug treatments.

"An online rumor says an anti-AIDS drug has been used and proven to be effective in treating the Corona virus," the Beijing Municipal Health Commission said in a statement on January 26, according to a statement. South China Morning Post.

"The National Health Commission has recommended drugs that were rumored to treat the Corona virus earlier and we have Lopinavir / Ritonavir stocked in Beijing."

Three Beijing hospitals designated to treat cases of Corona virus infection - including Beijing Ditan Hospital, Beijing Youan Hospital and the No. 5 Medical Center of Military General Hospital - have begun to use them. This therapy for treatment, notice adds.

A man wears a mask in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.(Photo: AFP).

These two drugs inhibit the growth of viruses (ARVs), which block the ability of HIV to bind to healthy and reproductive cells, and are often used in combination to treat the disease.

A new study of 41 cases of Wuhan Corona virus infection in China, published in the medical journal The Lancet on January 24, noted the "substantial clinical benefit" from the use of ARV in the treatment. SARS in 2002 and 2003.

However, the authors - experts from many medical research facilities in mainland China - also say that none of these treatments have been proven to be effective.

"There is no proven antiviral treatment for cases of Corona virus infection," according to an article published in The Lancet. "In a historical controlled study, the combination of Lopinavir and Ritonavir in patients infected with the Corona SARS virus was associated with substantive clinical benefit (less favorable clinical outcomes)."

As of January 25, 51 cases of Wuhan Corona virus infection were recorded in Beijing. Of these, two have recovered and 49 are still being treated, including one in critical condition.

The number of deaths due to the new strain of Corona virus, which spread and spread quickly from Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, has increased to 55, while the number of confirmed cases nationwide is more than 1,700, authorities said. know today 26/1.

All provinces in mainland China, except for the Tibet Autonomous Region, have had cases of viral infections.

The new disease with pneumonia-like symptoms has also spread to other parts of Asia, the US, Australia and France, with at least 30 confirmed cases in these countries. Canada has just confirmed the first case.

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