The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called for an
increase in production of dexamethasone.
Dexamethasone is a cheap steroid, which has been shown to
reduce deaths in critically ill COVID-19 patients.
WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told a virtual news
conference that demand had already increased, after a British trial of the drug
became public.
About 2,000 patients were administered the drug by Oxford
University researchers and it reduced deaths by 35 percent among the most
sickly.
“Although the data are still preliminary, the recent finding
that the steroid dexamethasone has life-saving potential for critically ill
COVID-19 patients gave us a much-needed reason to celebrate,” Tedros said.
“The next challenge
is to increase production and rapidly and equitably distribute dexamethasone
worldwide, focusing on where it is needed most,” he added.
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