At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people

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At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people

Xocova (ensitrelvir) has been approved for COVID-19 prevention in Japan on the basis of promising trial results. Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images/Alamy An antiviral pill has, for the first …

Xocova (ensitrelvir) has been approved for COVID-19 prevention in Japan on the basis of promising trial results. Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images/Alamy An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus at home, according to trial results published today in the New England Journal of Medicine 1 . …

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