More than 30 French studies under way into COVID-19 treatment

More than 30 studies are under way in France -- of a world total of 860 -- in search of drugs to treat the COVID-19 disease sweeping the world, infectologist Florence Ader said Sunday.

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French President Emmanuel Macron (L) attends a video conference call with French virologist and President of the Research and Expertise Analysis Committee (Comite Analyse Recherche et Expertise, CARE) Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (on screen), on ongoing efforts to accelerate the development and access to vaccine and treatment against COVID-19, at the Elysee Palace in Paris on April 16, 2020, on the 31st day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Yoan VALAT / POOL / AFP)

2020-04-20 16:26:49

More than 30 studies are under way in France -- of a world total of 860 -- in search of drugs to treat the COVID-19 disease sweeping the world, infectologist Florence Ader said Sunday.

The research is "extremely active" in France involving some 1,600 patients, Ader told a news conference.

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