First human trial of potential coronavirus antibody treatment begins: Top updates on Covid-19 vaccine <br /> <br />India has approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use for five doses in treating Covid-19 patients. <br /> <br />As the number of coronavirus cases race beyond the 6 million-mark globally, scientists and experts are speeding up the effort to arrive at the potential vaccine for Covid-19. <br /> <br />In what can be termed as nothing short of a stepping stone in India’s fight against Covid-19, New Delhi has approved Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir for emergency use for five doses in treating Covid-19 patients. <br /> <br />• Remdesivir, which is administered intravenously in hospital, is the first drug to show improvement in Covid-19 patients in formal clinical trials and is at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19, which has no approved treatment or vaccine. <br /> <br />The drug was granted emergency use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration last month a
