A PILL to kill third wave:
Boris Johnson launches 'ambitious' new 'antivirals taskforce'
so Britons can take tablets for Covid at home by autumn
- Government is launching an 'antivirals taskforce' to find two drugs by autumn for people to take at home
- They will be pills to take at home before serious Covid develops, officials say, reducing need for hospital beds
- Government staff, university scientists and pharmaceutical company experts will be on panel
- Most will be vaccinated by that time but drugs will help control local outbreaks and squash spikes in cases
- UK today announced 2,524 Covid cases and 33 more deaths – small rises from last Tuesday
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