Drug used for Ebola may be effective in stopping Covid-19 replication: ICMR

The research institute also said there can be a possibility of transmission of Covid-19 from a pregnant mother to the newborn

The antiviral drug, Remdesivir, which was used during Ebola outbreak may be highly effective in stopping the replication mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 that causes Covid-19, the Indian Council of Medical Research said on Monday.

The ICMR said research on its efficacy in the treatment of Covid-19 is a part of WHO's "Solidarity Trial".

According to a recently published study in the New England Journal of Medicine, two out of three critically ill coronavirus infected patients who were on oxygen support or on ventilators showed signs of improvement when they were administered remdesivir.

Commenting on the study, Head of Epidemiology and Communicable