Fresh hope for coronavirus treatment as anti-Ebola drug shows early signs it may be effective in fighting Covid-19

An antiviral drug developed in the fight against Ebola has shown promising first signs it could be used to treat coronavirus following a small trial.

More than half of a group of severely ill COVID-19 patients improved after receiving Gilead’s experimental drug remdesivir, doctors reported.

However, there is no way to know the odds of the drug’s effectiveness because there was no comparison group in the trial of 53 people.