Are there any ways to treat tomato flu?
Doctors and health officials are still working on treating tomato flu. The Lancet report recommended: “Drug repurposing and vaccination are the most efficacious and cost-effective approaches to ensure the safety of public health from viral infections, especially in children, older people, immunocompromised people, and those with underlying health issues.”
They added, however, that “no antiviral drugs or vaccines are available for the treatment or prevention of tomato flu. Further follow-up and monitoring for serious outcomes is needed to better understand the need for potential treatments”.
In summary, there is no treatment for tomato flu as yet, but this does not mean there won’t be. What scientists will do is try and work out if treatments for other conditions work at treating or preventing the virus.
A similar action was taken with COVID-19 and monkeypox, in both cases some existing drugs were found to be effective at alleviating the symptoms or treating the viral threats.