Medical researchers in Spain are testing whether HIV medication Truvada, often used as PrEP, can also prevent Covid-19.
Spain has been one of the hardest hit countries in the Covid-19 pandemic, with one in 10 deaths reported to be from the healthcare community, and the study will focus on whether healthcare workers could take Truvada to prevent them getting Covid-19.
The study is led by Plan Nacional sobre el Sida, the Spanish National AIDS Plan, and began on April 1 for an initial period of 12