{"id":63825,"date":"2020-03-19T08:04:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T08:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=63825"},"modified":"2020-03-19T08:04:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T08:04:16","slug":"japanese-flu-drug-clearly-effective-treating-coronavirus-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=63825","title":{"rendered":"Japanese flu drug \u2018clearly effective\u2019 in treating coronavirus, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Japanese flu drug has proven to be effective in\u00a0treating the coronavirus\u00a0in early trials, according to reports Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Medical authorities in China said they tested the antiviral drug favipiravir on 340 patients and found it reduces recovery time and improves lung condition of patients,\u00a0according to the Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>Infected patients who were given the drug in Wuhan and Shenzhen tested negative for the virus after a median of four days, compared with a median of 11 days for those who were not treated with the drug, the outlet reported, citing public broadcaster NHK.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. 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