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Doctors in China are claiming to have cured a patient suffering from the Wuhan coronavirus using a HIV wonder drug.

The Chinese authorities said the patient, who received the medication during a drug trial, had fully recovered and has since been discharged from hospital.

Shanghai's Municipal Health Commission said the drug "somewhat successfully" stopped the spread of the disease to cells, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

The news was also carried on Wam, the UAE’s news agency.

Beijing Municipal Health Commission confirmed the use of the HIV drugs to treat patients suffering from the Wuhan coronavirus on Sunday.

Three Beijing hospitals began istering lopinavir/itonavir – two antiretroviral drugs used in combination to treat HIV – to patients suffering from the coronavirus, according to a statement published by Chinese media.

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.

There are seven known coronaviruses, the majority of which result in symptoms no more severe than the common cold.

However, Sars – that killed almost 800 people from 2002 to 2003 – had a fatality rate of 14 to 15 per cent. Another coronavirus, Mers, kills about 35 per cent of people it infects.

It is not yet clear how severe the Wuhan coronavirus is. There could be many infected who develop such mild symptoms they do not know they even have it. It is currently believed to be much less severe than Sars and Mers, with a fatality rate of about 3 per cent.

https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/doctors-cure-coronavirus-patient-using-hiv-wonder-drugs-1.970084

gorociano:
https://www.thenational.ae/world/asia/doctors-cure-coronavirus-patient-using-hiv-wonder-drugs-1.970084

nice one

Great News!

Nice one.

A step in the right direction!

I trust China, they can't just sit and watch their people die everyday due to this outbreak. Something tells me that HIV too has cure but they don't wanna release it just yet

Can the appropriate authorities look into this and prevent an epidemic?

Hundreds of Chinese left Nigeria for China to celebrate their annual festival –Lunar New Year– to return next week. At the moment over 300,000 Chinese are already infected with coronavirus .
FG should take serious precautions and preventive actions before we have an epidemic in Nigeria. Coronavirus in Nigeria will be a gaint catastrophe

The best thing NIGERIA would have done is an inter-faith prayer.

Space booked

The Chinese authorities said the patient, who received the medication during a drug trial, had fully recovered and has since been discharged from hospital.

Thumbs up to the Docs!

But at the end of it all,

Doctors care, God Heals!

Scam....we all knew this was pre-planned....Next destination is Africa

Talking of wonder China is another wonder of the world

wow

I hope this Corona virus doesn't mutate into an std later. This one arv is curing it

Nice one

This is a good news, at least there is a lead

shuuuuuuu from corona to Hiv kudoes to the doctors

Progressive country

Ofcus.
They are both viral diseases.
Dey sabi one and other

That was a fast one

Good one from there... Africa not know conoravirus and conoravirus doesn't know Africa.

Good. Let it be true, Nigeria is sleeping.

omocalabar:
Scam....we all knew this was pre-planned....Next destination is Africa

If they introduce it from the gullible countries like Congo, cameroun, etc they might turn it into a profitable cash cow, but introduced via 9ja, they don arrange bad market be dat

Other Countries are using medical research to seek solution , you are talking of "prayers" . GOSH !!!!

Freehuman:
The best thing NIGERIA would have done is an inter-faith prayer.

this is relieved information to Chinese and the entire world...

Oya, Christians, come and thank your God.

I hope this cure won't lead to people turning into zombie like thingy? Anyway they tried moving fast to get results. If it was in Africa my Nigeria, it would have been stories on top stories by our useless spokes man

These Chinese are taking over the world in almost every aspect. From a God forsaken third world country to world leaders in Tech, Medicine, Construction, etc. What an amazing transformation!

omocalabar:
Scam....we all knew this was pre-planned....Next destination is Africa

Why do you think it was pre-planned?