anyone had eyes on this from yesterday - UK?

A UK trial of drugs which could help prevent people aged over 50 from developing more serious coronavirus symptoms is now recruiting participants from across the country.

Led by an Oxford University team, the Platform Randomised trial of Interventions against COVID-19 in older peoPLE (PRINCIPLE) trial is testing pre-existing drugs for older patients in the community who show signs of the disease.

It aims to slow or halt the progression of the COVID-19 and prevent the need for hospital admission.

In the first phase, the trial is evaluating whether a seven-day course of hydroxychloroquine, a well-known drug used for acute malaria and certain types of arthritis, can reduce the severity of symptoms in vulnerable groups and help avoid hospital admission. The antibiotic azithromycin will soon be added to the trial.

‘This trial is very important. It is focussed on older people and those with co-morbidities,

https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/news/covid-19-drugs-trial-rolled-out-across-uk-homes-and-communities

no mention of zinc, tho?