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Possible coronavirus drug identified

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A new study has shown that an anti-parasitic drug already available around the world can kill the virus within 48 hours. Scientists found that a single dose of the drug, Ivermectin, could stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus growing in cell culture. The next steps are to determine the correct human dosage — ensuring the doses shown to effectively treat the virus in vitro are safe for humans.

Source: ScienceDaily.com