Queensland researchers and a US team have developed a world-first COVID-19 antiviral therapy that targets the virus in the body. The antiviral therapy has killed off the COVID-19 viral load in mice infected by the virus 99.9% as lead researcher Professor Nigel McMillian from Griffith University says it’s a “seek and destroy mission” The collaborative research between the Menzies Health Institute Queensland and the US research institute City Of Hope began in April last nyear and the treatment could now be available by 2023.