Mirror reports. Scientists say it has the potential to end repeat lockdowns.Chief trial investigator Prof Kevin Blyth, of Glasgow University, said: “It would be a huge step forward if antiviral drugs work.“You don’t have any hospital services being put under enormous pressure because patients never come to the hospital.“Normal services can function and you don’t have to have lockdown or other draconian control measures.”If the trial proves successful, millions of doses could be available on the NHS.
Eventually a daily tablet could “kill” coronavirus if taken within a few days of a positive test. “Certainly over the next six months we should be able to get an answer,” Prof Blyth said.“If this drug did work in reducing hospital attendances.