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2021-05-18 17:15:01
Dear doctor government is prescribed Doxycycline (antibiotic) for covid treatment . Why can't they prescribed anti viral drugs instead of antibiotics...?
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Hi, there is no specific anti-viral drug for covid till now. These antibiotics have proved to reduce mortality i.e. deaths in a lot of mild to moderate cases of covid. Therefore these drugs have been added to treatment protocol

Answered2021-05-18 17:19:14

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