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“Ensitrelvir administered to household contacts of a patient with Covid-19 within 72 hours after symptom onset in the index patient was effective in preventing Covid-19 in the contacts.”
Covid incidence in the ensitrelvir group was 2.9% compared to 9.0% for placebo (RR 0.33).
C.H. Romatowski
Ensitrelvir for Covid-19 Postexposure Prophylaxis in Household Contacts | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Ensitrelvir, an oral inhibitor of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) 3C-like protease, is approved in Japan for the treatment of mild-to-moderate
coronavirus disease 2019 ...