A new study finds fenofibrate, a high cholesterol drug, can be a potential treatment against COVID-19
The drug was found to reduce the number of virus-infected cells in the body by up to 70%
Drug showed that it could prevent virus spike proteins from attaching to ACE2 receptors of cells and infecting them.
Two trials are underway, one in the U.S. and the other in Israel, testing the drug as as a Covid treatment
Drug used to treat high cholesterol can reduce number of COVID-19-infected cells by up to 70%, study finds