About possible medications to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection, which causes COVID-19: is there any hope?
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SARS-CoV-2 Virus, Coronavirus Infections, Therapeutics, PandemicsAbstract
To date, there is no treatment for patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. Several studies are being carried out in several countries and some have yielded promising results; however, still no effective treatment has been identified to combat COVID-19, one of the most serious threats humanity has suffered in the last 100 years.
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