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'Best news so far': UK hails steroid treatment for coronavirus

 

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A pharmacist displays a box of Dexamethasone at the Erasme Hospital amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's health minister on Wednesday hailed the use of a steroid called dexamethasone for treating coronavirus patients as the best news so far of the outbreak.

 

Trial results announced on Tuesday showed dexamethasone, which is used to reduce inflammation in other diseases such as arthritis, reduced death rates by around a third among the most severely ill COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital.

 

"It does increase your chances of survival quite significantly," Health Secretary Matt Hancock told Sky News. "It is one of the best pieces of news we've had through this whole crisis."

 

"It reduces your chances of dying when you are on a ventilator," Hancock said. "It is brilliant news for everybody."

 

He said the drug's potential had first been spotted in February and in March positive signals came so that the government began buying it up in April.

 

He said that the R-rate was below 1 in all regions but did not clarify if he was speaking about England or the entire United Kingdom.

 

Hancock also praised England soccer player Marcus Rashford - who he mistakenly called "Daniel Rashford" - for campaigning successfully to get the government to change course and provide school food vouchers for struggling families over the summer holidays.

 

"I’ve been called much worse over the last couple of days," Rashford said on Twitter in response to the minister's mistake.

 

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28 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Hancock also praised England soccer player Marcus Rashford - who he mistakenly called "Daniel Rashford" - for campaigning successfully to get the government to change course and provide school food vouchers for struggling families over the summer holidays

Good on you Marcus. Maybe next time you could donate some of your overinflated weekly wages which the average man might take years to earn, rather than virtue signalling with other peoples' money ie tax payers' money.

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11 hours ago, pegman said:

The best news will be a  vaccine which will keep you from getting infected by the virus.  All the same this is good to hear as it will save lives. 

This steroid treatment was proven by the UK Oxford University who are currently testing a vaccine on human trials .  Interesting read here   https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/astrazeneca-oxford-biomedica-agree-to-1-year-tie-up-to-produce-covid-19-vaccine

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14 hours ago, twocatsmac said:

Hopefully the cost will be subtracted from the £14 billion overseas aid we donate to feeding the rest of the worlds children. 

What a wonderful human being you must be.

Kindly research the facts before you blow your mouth (keyboard) off.

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19 hours ago, katana said:

Good on you Marcus. Maybe next time you could donate some of your overinflated weekly wages which the average man might take years to earn, rather than virtue signalling with other peoples' money ie tax payers' money.

 

The young extremely rich Mr. Rashford is obviously a socialist. Spend other people's money!

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2 hours ago, steven100 said:

This is old news ... Australia found this a week ago .......  lol

poms are too slow off the mark ...

As an Aussie, I wonder if you're confused with another medicine. I can't find any reference in Australian media about dexamethasone other than recognising the British study announcement this week. Maybe some docs have been using it in Aussie as well?

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