Scientists are yet to find the cure for the deadly coronavirus or COVID-19. Meanwhile clinical trials are going on different drugs and experimental therapies to treat the virus. Doctors in many countries are also using anti-HIV drugs to treat people infected with coronavirus. However its effectiveness is not clear yet. Meanwhile anti-HIV drugs were administered to an elderly Italian couple undergoing treatment at a Jaipur hospital for COVID-19. This is the first case of usage of this combination drug in our country after the Drug Controller General of India approved restricted application of lopinavir and ritonavir combined together for treating COVID-19