The WHO is testing three drugs in its search for potential COVID-19 treatments

August 12, 2021

The World Health Organization's Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says there is a critical need to find more COVID-19 treatments. A malaria drug, a cancer drug and a drug used for people with diseases of the immune system are being tested for use in COVID-19 patients, the WHO says. The World Health Organization says a clinical trial in 52 countries will study three anti-inflammatory drugs as potential treatments for COVID-19 patients. "These therapies - artesunate, imatinib and infliximab - were selected by an independent expert panel for their potential in reducing the risk of death in hospitalised COVID-19 patients," it said in a statement on the Solidarity PLUS trial. The trial involves thousands of researchers at more than 600 hospitals, WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing from Geneva.(SBS News)

The WHO is testing three drugs in its search for potential COVID-19 treatments

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