News Covid-19 Report 2: Questions that don’t yet have answersThis is the second issue of the Covid-19 coronavirus report published jointly by GroundUp and Spotlight. The FDA decision was informed by an analysis of an NIAID trial of 1 063 hospitalised Covid-19 patients. This has led to speculation that smoking may be protective for Covid-19, and therefore a clinical trial of nicotine patches. Read: ‘I don’t like it, but must toe the line,’ says Mboweni on cigarette crusadeThe report is worth reading for its other useful data. NICD (National Institute for Communicable Diseases): South African state institution responsible for dealing with infectious diseases like TB and Covid-19.

Source: News 24 May 04, 2020 14:03 UTC