Bangkok—Two novel coronavirus patients from Wuhan who were treated in Thailand have tested negative for the virus after being given a combination of antiviral medicine, their doctors said at a media conference on Sunday (Feb 2).

According to Dr. Kriangsak Atipornwanich of Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok, one patient, a 71-year-old female patient from China, had been treated with a combination of drugs used in treating HIV and the flu.

He said, “I had treated a patient with severe condition, and the result has been very satisfactory. The patient’s condition has improved very quickly within 48 hours. And the test result has also changed from being positive into negative within 48 hours as well.”

Previous to this, she had only been given anti-HIV treatment.