New anti-viral drug study hopes to cure long Covid

A team of experts led by the University of Derby have started a new trial to test if an anti-viral drug could cure people with ‘long Covid’.

The university is leading the £1.2m study that involves around 100 people who have lived with the condition for over two years.

Study leader Dr Mark Faghy, who is also an associate professor in respiratory physiology at the university, said that in many cases the condition could be debilitating, interfere with work, family life and socialising.

He added that it was estimated that around 1.9m people in the UK lived with long Covid and almost a quarter of sufferers had their symptoms for more than two years.

He said that there had been “no confirmed treatments” that have improved long Covid symptoms, which was why the ground-breaking study was “critically important”.

“This project will shed light on whether using existing antiviral treatment could help address this global challenge.”

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