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Researchers and scientists at Cairo University managed to publish 18 research papers on coronavirus and carry out eight clinical trials. The university aims to develop treatment and vaccine for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a statement by the university said.
55 research studies have been published and 33 clinical studies have been conducted in Egypt, according to the statement.
The university has adopted a treatment protocol based on two drugs available in stock at a low cost, without revealing their names.
“This protocol is unique as it combines between working as an antiviral and as a regulator or organizer for the immune system. It also does not have significant side effects”, the statement added.
Clinical trials
Earlier in May, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar referred to the efforts of Egyptian universities and research centres in carrying out most of the clinical trials in Africa, with 22 clinical trials out of 30 experiments conducted by African countries.
Treatment protocols
Late in March, the Egyptian Minister of Health Hala Zayed said hospitals in the country are using anti-malaria and HIV drugs in the treatment of coronavirus.
Mohamed Tag el-Deen, the Advisor to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Health Affairs, said. “Egypt started treating 50 coronavirus patients with the Japanese antiviral drug Avigan in April”.
