Some good news on the Chinese Coronavirus Front.
BREAKING: Scientists Make ‘Major Breakthrough’ In Coronavirus Treatment, Discover ‘First Drug To Be Shown To Improve Survival’ Chances For Disease | The Daily Wire
Scientists have discovered the first drug that has reportedly been clinically proven to reduce death rates in patients that have severe cases of the coronavirus.
“Giving low doses of the generic steroid drug dexamethasone to patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 reduced death rates by around a third among those with the most severe cases of infection,” Reuters reported. “The results, described as a ‘major breakthrough’ by scientists leading the UK-led clinical trial known as RECOVERY, suggest the drug should immediately become standard care in patients treated in hospital with the pandemic disease.”
Peter Horby, Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, and one of the chief investigators for the trial, said: “Dexamethasone is the first drug to be shown to improve survival in COVID-19. This is an extremely welcome result. The survival benefit is clear and large in those patients who are sick enough to require oxygen treatment, so dexamethasone should now become standard of care in these patients. Dexamethasone is inexpensive, on the shelf, and can be used immediately to save lives worldwide.”
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