Punjab Health Minister Yasmin Rashid has said that a trial of potential Covid-19 treatment Remdesivir — comprising of 1,000 participants — will start in the province soon.

"We will decide based on the results if this drug should be made a part of the standard practice or not. The drug is controlled at the moment, it is not even sold by the company in the open market."

She advised people against using herbal medicines to treat the coronavirus. "We do not know if it will work or not and it may have some adverse side effects," she said.