Dexamethasone

Matt Hancock Says Government 'Hit The Ball Out The Park' With Covid Response

No.10 lists vaccination rollout, testing and Dexamethasone as success stories, but resists calls for immediate inquiry into 126,000 deaths.
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Dexamethasone Was Hailed As A Covid Wonder Drug – So What Happened Next?

"It's still the only drug that’s been demonstrated to save the lives of patients with Covid."
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Medical Experts Raise Questions About Severity Of Trump's Covid-19 Infection

Doctors not involved in treating the president said the fact that he is on the steroid dexamethasone means his coronavirus infection is severe.
By Deena Beasley and Michael Erman, Reuters

What Is Dexamethasone And How Does It Work?

Scientists have hailed a cheap steroid as a “major breakthrough” in the fight against Covid-19.
By PA Media

PM Claims To Be Unaware Of His Own Government's Ban On Coronavirus Drug Export

Boris Johnson said it would be "peculiar" to introduce the ban, which the Department for Health and Social Care had introduced hours earlier.
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Lifesaving Coronavirus Drug Approved For Immediate Use By NHS

The UK has a stockpile of 200,000 courses of dexamethasone, which significantly reduces the Covid-19 death rate for patients on oxygen.
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Lifesaving Coronavirus Treatment Dexamethasone Hailed As 'Major Breakthrough'

One scientist from Oxford University said the steroid is "the only drug that has so far shown to reduce mortality, and it reduces it significantly".
By PA Media