No, antibiotics are only capable of killing bacteria, not killing viruses. 2019-nCoV is a virus, so antibiotics do not have a role to prevent and treat 2019-nCoV.
Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hung – Director of Share99 Institute for Applied Research and Regenerative Medicine (VIASRM) translates and synthesizes from sources: CDC, WHO, ECDC.
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