Desperate for coronavirus solutions, Chinese turn to HIV drugs, gray market and traditional cures

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People desperate for coronavirus solutions amid a shortage of medical resources in China are resorting to unorthodox ways to obtain treatment, with some appealing to HIV patients and unauthorized importers for medicine by yanchun_liu Gabriel Crossley

BEIJING - The rapidly spreading virus in China and a shortage of medical resources are prompting people to resort to unorthodox ways to obtain treatment, with some appealing to HIV patients and unauthorized importers for medicine.

It is usually used to treat and prevent HIV and AIDS, and AbbVie said last month that China was testing it as a treatment for coronavirus symptoms. “When you were left alone, seeing the blur shadow of death far away, I think no one can feel calm,” Devy told Reuters by telephone. “There are so many people in need of the drug, and I don’t want to waste time,” Li told Reuters. “Time is life.”

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