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TOPSHOT - A scientist manipulates a velvet snake to extract venom at the Clodomiro Picado Institute, in San Jose, Costa Rica, September 24, 2020. The Clodomiro Picado Institute obtained coronavirus proteins from laboratories in China and the United Kingdom to immunize six donated horses for treatment, and which plasma was used to produce a viral treatment to be tested in 26 patients infected with the new Covid-19. To develop the drug, the institute based on its half-century experience in the production of antivenom, which it currently exports to other Central American countries, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and several African nations. (Photo by Ezequiel BECERRA / AFP) (Photo by EZEQUIEL BECERRA/AFP via Getty Images)