Russia to roll out its first approved COVID-19 drug next week

Russia to roll out its first approved COVID-19 drug next week
# 01 June 2020 15:26 (UTC +04:00)

Russia will start giving its first drug approved to treat COVID-19 to patients next week, its state financial backer said, a move it hopes will ease strains on the health system and speed a return to normal economic life, APA reports citing Reuters.

Russian hospitals can begin giving the antiviral drug, which is registered under the name Avifavir, to patients from June 11, the head of Russia’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund told Reuters in an interview. He said the company behind the drug would manufacture enough to treat around 60,000 people a month.

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