December 9, 2022 – Prof. Dr. Yong Poovorawan, Head of Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University Post a message on Facebook that COVID-19 is a mutation of the virus. It has no effect on the drug used for treatment.
The covid 19 virus is constantly changing. everyone knows A mutation alters the genetics of the pointed parts. resulting in decreased effectiveness of vaccines used for prevention and antibody drugs including monoclonal antibodies decreased efficiency
The therapeutic drugs, remdicevir and molnupiravir, affect viral replication by inhibiting RNA polymerase dependence.
Therefore, the current mutation of the virus Therefore, there is no effect on the efficacy of antiretroviral therapy in such treatment. The mentioned antiviral drugs are still effective in treating the same. Even if the virus mutates.
