RECOVERY TIME"Specifically, the median time to recovery was 11 days for patients treated with remdesivir compared with 15 days for those who received placebo," it said. AdvertisementFor Anthony Fauci, who leads the NIAID and has been one of the government's point people during the crisis, "the data shows that remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery." DEATHSThe results also suggested that people who were on the drug were less likely to die, although the difference was small. The mortality rate was 8.0 per cent for the group receiving remdesivir versus 11.6 per cent for the placebo group. Apart from remdesivir, the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are also being widely used against Covid-19 on a so-called "compassionate basis" pending results from large trials.

Source: Daily Nation April 30, 2020 06:11 UTC