Poland first to have COVID-19 drug?

Work on effective ways to combat COVID-19 is ongoing worldwide, including both vaccines and medicines. 

Senator Grzegorz Czelej with an ampoule of the first Polish COVID-19 drug candidate developed by Biomed Lublin.

Source: PAP/Wojtek Jargiło

However, the autumn wave of the disease is drawing near, and the number of infections is on the rise again.

Meanwhile, a Polish pharmaceutical company has announced it will soon have the world's first effective treatment against COVID-19. Michał Owczarek takes a closer look.