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Are antibiotics effective in preventing or treating the COVID-19?

www.who.int | Updated: 2020-03-23 09:22
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No. Antibiotics do not work against viruses, they only work on bacterial infections. COVID-19 is caused by a virus, so antibiotics do not work.

Antibiotics should not be used as a means of prevention or treatment of COVID-19. They should only be used as directed by a physician to treat a bacterial infection.

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