Now, scientists from the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research claim that a cure for the disease is possible, thanks to two existing drugs. The drugs, called Chloroquine and Lopinavir, are currently used to treat malaria and HIV respectively, but could be used to treat patients with coronavirus. According to Professor David Paterson , who is leading the research, the drugs have already been shown to wipe out the virus in test tubes. Professor Paterson added: “Our doctors were very, very surprised that a HIV drug could actually work against the novel coronavirus and there was a bit of scepticism. “That first wave of Chinese patients we had (in Australia), they all did very, very well when they were treated with the HIV drug.

Source: Daily Mirror March 16, 2020 10:00 UTC