A Nigerian doctor named Babafemi Taiwo is conducting a major study on an antiviral medication called Remdesivir that appears to be successful in COVID-19 therapy.
CNN interviewed Dr. Babafemi Taiwo to discuss the result of Remdesivir in treating Coronavirus.
Preliminary results of Remdesivir show it can help hospitalized COVID-19 patients recover faster.
While Remdesivir, an antiviral drug developed by Gilead Sciences, tends to help patients with Coronavirus recover faster, according to preliminary data from the National Institutes of Health, it does not dramatically reduce the death.
“The data shows that Remdesivir has a clear cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing, the time of recovery,” the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr Anthony Fauci said during a meeting between President Trump and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards.
Below is a video of Dr Taiwo speaking to CNN about the promising results of Remdesivir in treating COVID-19.