Coronavirus: major drugs trial offers hopes for treatment

20:37, 29 April

At present there is no drug proven to be effective in treating coronavirus infections. But several existing medicines for other conditions are undergoing trials.

It’s the world’s biggest study of potential treatments, involves thousands of patients. Five drugs are being studied, including treatments currently used for malaria and HiV.

Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Medical Correspondent Fergus Walsh. 

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