The World Health Organization (WHO) hails DEXAMETHASONE

The World Health Organization (WHO) hails DEXAMETHASONE
The World Health Organization (WHO) hailed as "great news" initial clinical trial results that showed a cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone can help save the lives of critically ill Covid-19 patients.


WHO on Wednesday welcomee initial positive results by a team from Oxfor University on how Dexamethasone drug contributed to lesser death cases among coronavirus patients, who needed ventilators
WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at an online news conference in Genvea, hailed the accomplishment but said the drug nevertheless showed effectiveness in treating less critical cases.
Dex has been in use since 1969 and is used to treat inflammation and some types of cancer.

WHO has been calling on countries to conduct tests, isolate infectees and trace those who came into close contact with them.



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