Boris Johnson has announced the government is launching a coronavirus antivirals taskforce under plans to fast-track the development of treatments for the disease. During a Downing Street press briefing on Tuesday, the prime minister said the taskforce will aim by autumn to find drugs that people with mild Covid-19 could take at home to prevent the illness turning serious and requiring hospital treatment.
UK in drive to develop drugs to take at home to ‘stop Covid in its tracks’
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