Dexamethasone: Boris Johnson hails life saving coronavirus drug discovery

A cheap steroid called dexamethasone has been found to reduce the risk of death by up to one-third among coronavirus patients with severe respiratory complications, University of Oxford researchers have said.
Boris Johnson hailed the news as the "biggest breakthrough yet" in the battle against coronavirus and confirmed that the UK had enough stocks of the drug to cope if there is a second spike in cases.
Read more here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/dexamethasone-coronavirus-drug-trial-oxford-steroid-treatment-covid-19-a9568641.html

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