Permission for the first pill against COVID-19

KATHMANDU: NOV. 5 – The UK has allowed the first pill against COVID-19. The United Kingdom has approved the use of food drugs jointly developed by US companies Merck, Sharp & Dome and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics.

The Medicines and Healthcare Authority (MHRA) of the United Kingdom has approved the use of this medicine called Molnupiravir. The pill is said to be eaten within five days of coronavirus infection.