Boris Johnson said that the UK began to develop pills or capsules for the treatment of COVID-19 at home. This is reported on the BBC News website.
Prime Minister expressed the hope that they would appear by autumn and help to fight the expected third wave.
Currently, a task force is being created for supervision of work and future tests over the new drug. When Johnson introduced a new target group on a television briefing for the press, he recognized an increase in the number of cases of disease abroad and the likelihood of a new pandemic wave.
Prime Minister added: “We must, as far as possible, learn how to live with this disease, how we live with other diseases.”