A microscope image shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. (Representational image)
Israel has found an antidote to the coronavirus that attacks the virus and can neutralise it in the sick body, the country annonuced in a joint statement by the Israeli Ministery of Defense and the Israel Institute for Biological Research, saying a significant breakthrough has been achieved in finding the antidote to the COVID-19 virus.
It claims made by the Israeli institue are proved to be effective then it will be a big sigh of relief for the world which is battling coronavirus pandemic with its added impact on the economy.
There have been more than 16,100 confirmed cases in Israel, of which more than half have recovered. Officials announced the lowest number of infections on Sunday since March with 41 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. A total of 230 people have died from the virus in the country, which has a population of 8.8 million, and 82 patients were being treated on respirators, much lower numbers than in many European countries.
ALSO READ | 'Scientists training dogs to sniff out COVID-19 in humans'
ALSO READ | COVID-19 virus infects human intestinal cells, study finds
