COVID19 Treatment

Based on the result of clinical trials, Chinese experts have confirmed that Chloroquine phosphate, an antimalarial drug, has some curative effect on the novel coronavirus, a Chinese official said on February 17.

The experts have unanimously suggested the drug be included in the next version of treatment guidelines and applied in wider clinical trials as soon as possible, Sun Yanrong, deputy head of the China National Center for Biotechnology Development under the Ministry of Science and Technology, said at a press conference.

Chloroquine phosphate, in use for more than 70 years, was selected from tens of thousands of existing drugs after multiple rounds of screening, Sun said.

The drug is under clinical trial in

was sent into inclined geosynchronous Earth orbit on November 5, 2019. Both were developed by the China Academy of Space Technology.

The 50th and the 51st satellites, launched on November 23, 2019, are operating in medium Earth orbit. They were developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Over the past two years, 28 BDS3 satellites and two BDS-2 satellites have been successfully sent into orbit.

Plans are underway to send two more BDS satellites into geostationary orbit in the first half of the year to complete the global network. fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic, this video conference on preparations for the 2022 Games represents the understanding and support from the IOC,” Zhang said.

After the outbreak, IOC

President Thomas Bach sent letters to the Chinese Olympic Committee, expressing his confidence that the Games’ preparations will not be affected. Samaranch has praised China’s effort to contain the epidemic and his confidence in the victory of the efforts. The BOCOG has been in close communications with IOC officials, reporting important updates.