First thing: The drugs don't work – nor does injecting disinfectant

Trial shows antiviral has no effect on Covid-19 while experts lambast Trump’s latest ‘dangerous cure’. Plus, Lucinda Williams on new album

Hopes that an existing drug could be used to treat the coronavirus have been dashed again, after the first full trial of the US-developed antiviral remdesivir among Covid-19 patients ended early and without any indication of “clinical or virological benefits”. In the Chinese trial, 158 patients were given the drug while 79 others received a placebo instead. Doctors noted no difference in recovery time between the two groups, or any significant difference in the number of deaths.

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