World Coronavirus Dispatch: US FDA approves remdesivir as first Covid drug

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US FDA said Thursday that it had formally approved remdesivir as the first drug to treat Covid-19, a move that indicated the government’s confidence in its safe and effective use for hospitalized patients. The antiviral drug had been approved for adults and paediatric patients 12 years of age and older and weighing at least 40 kilograms (about 88 pounds) who require hospitalization for Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

The drug does not prevent deaths in Covid-19 patients. Read more here 

Let’s look at the global statistics:

Total Confirmed Cases: 41,734,275

Change Over Yesterday: 489,051

Total Deaths: 1,137,825

Total Recovered: 28,364,631

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