Without the vaccine, the new drug will prevent Covid-19: Chinese lab claims on Corona

Beijing, Ta. Tuesday 19 May 2020

The global pandemic Corona virus has wreaked havoc around the world. So far no vaccine has been developed for this dangerous virus. Scientists around the world are working to find a cure for the virus. Meanwhile, Chinese scientists have claimed that they have developed a drug that can kill the corona virus. This is being prepared in a lab in China.

He believes that this drug can prevent the spread of the corona virus. Researchers say a drug has been tested by scientists at China's prestigious Peking University. The drug also temporarily builds up immunity against the virus.

Successful test on infected mice

Sunne Shi, director of the university's Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Geonomics, said testing of the drug on animals has been successful. "When we injected this neutralizing antibody into infected rats, the viral load was reduced to 2500 factors five days later," he said. Shi said this meant the drug had a therapeutic effect.

The drug uses a neutralizing antibody taken from the blood of 60 patients who have recovered from the corona by Shi's team. The neutralizing antibody is formulated by the human immune system. So as to help prevent the virus from infecting the cells.

This medicine will heal quickly

Using antibodies can potentially cure the virus and also cure the disease faster. Shi said his team has been working day and night to find the antibody.

The drug will be ready this year

The drug should be ready this year. The virus, which infects 4.8 million people and kills 3,15,000 people, can be fought and protected.

Work is underway for clinical trials. This will be tested in Australia and other countries as cases in China have dwindled. It is hoped that this neutralizing antibody will emerge as a special drug in the fight against the virus, which will help prevent this epidemic.