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can the same medicine for hiv be used to cure covid19?

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Dr. Tinuola Adeyanju answered

Internal Medicine and Pediatrics 39 years experience

Trials ongoing: There are ongoing trials, but none of them so far has been proven to cure COVID 19.

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