Australian researchers on Monday claimed to have found two drugs -- an HIV and an anti-malaria medicines -- to treat novel coronavirus which has claimed five lives and infected over 350 others in the country.
University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research Director David Paterson told news.com.au that the two drugs, which were used in test tubes, stopped coronavirus in its tracks and a clinical trial on humans was ready to begin.
One of the two medications is an HIV drug, and the other is an anti-malaria drug called chloroquine.
Paterson said one of the medications had been administered to some of the first few COVID-19 patients in Australia, and that they had completely recovered after all signs of the virus "disappeared"
"That's really our aim, to get real world experience in Australia."
"That's reassuring that we're onto something really good here."
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