A doctor in China as revealed to the public how he cured a patient suffering from the Wuhan coronavirus.
The authorities said that a patient who received the drug used to treat HIV patients worked on that patient and a full recovery was recorded with the patient discharged from the hospital.
According to a report by Shanghai’s Municipal Health Commission, the HIV drug ended being successful as it stopped the spread of the disease to the human cells.
Beijing Municipal Health Commission confirmed the use of HIV drugs to treat patients suffering from the Wuhan coronavirus on Sunday and according to a statement published by the Chinese media, three Beijing hospitals began administering lopinavir/itonavir – two antiretroviral drugs used in combination to treat HIV – to patients suffering from the coronavirus.
The drugs work by blocking HIV’s ability to reproduce by binding to healthy cells. The medication was used to “substantial clinical benefit” on patients suffering from SARS, another coronavirus which swept through China in 2002 and 2003.
The virus, which can cause acute respiratory infection, has so far killed at least 106 people and infected more than 4,500 others in China, while cases of the illness have also been reported across the globe.
