Russia has registered the first drug for the treatment COVID-19: it acts directly on the coronavirus, unlike those medicines that were used before. Drug “Aviewer” will go to the hospital on June 11, the same day the doctors will start to use it.
the Main active ingredient in the new national drug favipiravir. This drug was previously known under the trade name “Avigan”. It was developed in Japan, it was used during the flu epidemic in 2014. In Russia drugs on the basis of favipiravir before been tested.
