Possibly a treatment soon available against the Covid-19

It is completely true, the link is from a public tv channel. You can look for this lab online, you will see that they work with the Pasteur and Merieux institutes among others.

@amitkokiladitya Here a link to the last news published in English by the VirPath lab.

@topffer thanks ..that appears to be some good news.

@topffer Now scientists from all over the world race to find a cure for Covid-19.Many people pin their hopes on the medicine Remdesivir .Not sure if it works.As for TCM,there are many people who still take it with a pinch of salt,I can say nothing but "facts speak louder than eloquence."Take care !

@topffer But the more he dwells on it the worse it can get. I told him we are all at risk whatever age or whatever the condition I told him pneumonia can be far more deadly and yet no one thinks that it can be. He has pneumonia before because he is a fan of going around in short sleeves in this kind of weather where it gets to be very cold after being so warm all day long. I give up as I said other things but he was having none of it he is worried and scared but does not want to admit it. The more I say don´t be so worried the more he will do it. I am so glad that they are finding a cure as I am more fed up with the over saturaion of all this than the virus itself.

@topffer Only too right tops now you are afraid to sneeze, sorry you got bronchitis that is awful as it goes on and on forever so it seems. I told him in no uncertain way do not do what the Spanish do and take a jacket with you always and wear it but I am much afraid he pays no heed come crying later is what it might be. He does like advice very much being the typical son what am I to do and the other one is actually the same as him they see it as "nagging" but I only say it once and don´t repeat it after I am not like the Spànish women that go on and on like las pilas de Duracell lol. He is on the messenger to me trying to give me the Sermon On The Mount stuff and I am having none of it. They are both way too bossy and only see it their way such are the ways of them a long suffering perplexed Mom just like many other millions of us. Don´t you forget to take your jacket either you hear me now?

@lovinangelsinstead21 He is not serious, but I will not throw him a stone. I got a bronchitis last month to have been several hours under a cold rain without an umbrella. Happily it was not the coronavirus, but I coughed during 3 weeks. And happily it has ended, because it is not well seen to cough actually.

@topffer The US and the UK are going to get very sick soon. I know they've been saving on the tests here, but yesterday they got two new testing machines from Switzerland in Oslo. Much higher capacity, so I'm guessing once there's more tests available they'll run them at max. It's very different measures for different countries. The Danes are closing their borders, the Swedes aren't really closing anything.

@topffer Yes, we do actually have a lot of medication already so testing it will take some time. I'm hoping they get extra funding now. It's lot of talk here about how to save buisnesses etc, not so much about pouring more money into medical research.

@Torunn Macron has been good on this point, each business can delay the payment of its taxes just by telling it to the tax service. They had to pay this month, so it was important as a first thing to do to help businesses. Have you seen that in USA they are testing only people having symptoms to do savings on the tests ? They are running right to a human disaster if a treatment is not quickly available. I love my country.

@LadyDuck I heard that you had about 1000 nurses and doctors having got the virus. If they had not the right mask here half of them would refuse to work and I would not blame them. If this treatment or another one is not ready quickly, it is the whole planet that will forbid to Americans to travel.

I think we have some of the best searchers, but they lack of money ; however this time they received funds from Merieux to work on this virus, and it is comforting to see that a private lab like Merieux can help public research when the health of the population is at risk. Very different approach than on the other side of the pond, where they do savings on tests by testing only people with symptoms.

@topffer They are doing the most stupid thing, many do not have symptoms for 14 days and they are spreading the virus like jam on toasted bread. The poor Italian doctors received the masks today... not certified and totally wrong, ridiculous! Those were distributed by the "Italian Civil Defence"... if this is the best they have!

It is effective in lab tests, now they have to control that it has no bad side effects on humans.

@moffittjc It is also what I think. Our searchers are serious people (look at me) and would not launch a news like this if they were not quite sure that their cocktail would not be efficient on humans.

@topffer Well, it's promising news, no matter what. Our other option is to wait another year for a vaccine to be developed. I'd rather move forward with the anti-viral medicine right now!

@topffer I hope and pray it is so.

We will not have a vaccine before a year, but I believe we may have a treatment, or at least a better treatment of what we have now, in the weeks to come.

@topffer I saw Merkel was told that in the news. USA is working on obtaining more tests. There are drive thru testing sites set up in some areas.

Oh, it is way too many, Germany does a serious job to contain it, and the number of people contaminated will be nothing compared to USA in 1 month, as you test only peoples having symptoms while they are contagious up to 14 days before... Let's just hope that this treatment or another one will be available as soon as possible.

@snowy22315 Better late than never, I hope that people will not take it lightly like your President : when you have been in contact with somebody sick you need a test as fast as possible to not contaminate others. This virus kills.

@topffer in parallel, researchers in Australia, Israel, India, and US are also trying to find vaccines but they would take time.

@topffer yeah vaccines need to be stronger but also need to without major side effects.

A treatment would be useful for all countries. Yesterday China had a high number of cases, today it is Europe and tomorrow it will be USA. It is urgent to unite efforts to fight this virus, and I believe we may have a solution soon.

@topffer I was wondering what was going on with Raoult - I did see that Macron did pay a visit to him. We know orange face was touting about the hydrochloroquine but now I read that he has a financial interest in a hydrochloroquine manufacturer . And yes, I heard about the German vaccine too. Everyday I hear worse and worse things about orange face - can it all get any worse .

The 2003 virus ? There is a vaccine for it. This is a remedy efficient in a lab for the new Coronavirus that they will test soon on humans.

SARS is similar to Cornoavirus @topffer the same kinds of remedies would work for both

@rebelann No the vaccine for the previous coronavirus does not work for this one.

For what I read they will test 4 different medications to find the best to use. I hope we will have soon something better than today.

@topffer I hope so too. I shared this on Facebook. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

@topffer I am hopeful too.

@DaddyEvil Well, the overdose starts at 600 mg and they give 500 mg for the coronavirus. It is a borderline cure.

@topffer OH, CRAP! Personally, if the choice comes down to going blind or taking the chance of dying from Covid 19, I'll take my chances.

@topffer Ahh! Okay, then... maybe I would take it.

@nela13 It is (the link I give is from a public tv channel) but not enough. Media prefer disasters to good news.

@topffer that is true, they always open the news with the worst one.

@topffer I wonder why this isn't in the news.

@topffer same here in the Philippines. People hoarded masks and basic necessities.

It is another very important step. With all the research labs cooperating around the world we are progressing at giant steps to get rid of that.

It is another very important step. With all the research labs cooperating around the world we are progressing at giant steps to get rid of that.

@topffer That's great it has a large study base.

They will test the effects of several treatments elaborated in Europe. I don't want to be too optimist but I am confiant that we are close to a solution.

@topffer Stay safe and healthy!

As you see many labs are collaborating in the EU where the coronavirus is doing more and more victims to find a cure quickly. I am confiant now that we will have something soon.

@topffer US has started with human trial of the vaccine from today. Let's see how it goes.

Yes, but they worked a lot to find people having been in contact with the virus to test and quarantine them if positive. Don't expect that soon in a country like yours testing people only when they have symptoms, while we know that they can be contagious with no symptoms during days before being sick. I hope that this treatment or another one will be available quickly, or you are running at fast speed towards a human disaster.

@topffer it is a tough situation overall.