11 TREATMENT
To date, there is no well-known, effective & pharmacologically proved
treatment of SARS-CoV-2. Different antiviral drugs were administered for
90 % of COVID-19 patients in different
reports.17,92,93 Although, major antiviral treatments
that were proposed, include
lopinavir/ritonavir,17,92-95 oseltamivir,
ganciclovir,17,92,93 Arbidol (umifenovir), remdesivir,
favipiravir, ribavirin,96chloroquine,96-100hydroxychloroquine,97,100,101 and
alpha-interferon.96 Plasma transfusion was also
reported for the treatment of corona virus.92 This
literature review is subjected to compare the efficacy of major
antiviral drugs against the treatment of COVID-19 and choose the most
appropriate one to treat SARS-CoV-2.