Hydroxychloroquine Doesn’t Counter SARS-CoV-2 In Hamsters, High Dose Of Favipiravir Does

Virologists at the KU Leuven Rega Institute have been working on two lines of SARS-CoV-2 research: searching for a vaccine to prevent infection, and testing existing drugs to see which one can reduce the amount of virus in infected people.

To test the efficacy of the vaccine and antivirals preclinically, the researchers use...