SEVERAL antiviral drugs have been applied in clinical trials against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), and some have shown fairly good clinical efficacy, according to an official on Saturday.

Chinese researchers have narrowed down their focus to a few existing drugs, including Chloroquine Phosphate, Favipiravir and Remdesivir, after multiple rounds of screening, said Zhang Xinmin, director of the China National Center for Biotechnology Development under the Ministry of Science and Technology, at a press conference on the new virus.

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