Remdesivir is a nucleotide analogue (4), and the triphosphate form of RDV, i.e., RDV-TP is being used as a substrate for many viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) complexes and it has been reported to inhibit the viral RNA synthesis by a specific mechanism of delayed chain termination for all three coronaviruses (MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2) RdRp (10).