Favipiravir - A Glimmer Of Hope . . .

[Canary42]

. . . . or at least some relief.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/japanese-flu-drug-clearly-effective-065559121.html

Not fake news I hope.

[Peter Pedant]

ferguson covid 9 has a bit on it

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf

and he points out along with his very clever co workers
that activity in the lab may not reflect survival

one of them for example makes the virus undetectable but does not alter the course or dutation of the disease - oops !

[ladybirder]

I've heard a whisper and no idea if it's true or not that a certain laboratory in England is approx 4 weeks away from having an antidote for COVID-19. I'm not mentioning the lab in case they sue me but the info came from someone who works there.