Coronavirus drugs: how well is the hunt for covid-19 treatments going? Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2244349-coronavirus-drugs-how-well-is-the-hunt-for-covid-19-treatments-going/#ixzz6NBUOgLKi

Several hundred trials of potential treatments for the coronavirus are now underway around the world. Early results suggest a few might slightly reduce the risk of dying from covid-19, but we won’t know for sure until larger trials have been completed. “The good news is that there is a lot of activity,” says Trudie Lang at the University of Oxford. “Sadly, however, we don’t actually have anything that works as yet.” The Scientist