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Coronavirus 'major breakthrough' - cheap drug reduces deaths among sickest
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June 16, 2020
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7:48Now PlayingIt is a "major breakthrough" that can significantly reduce deaths among the very sickest of Covid19 patients. (Subscribe)
It's not often during this crisis that we have been able to bring you good news, but today a UK drug trial has announced that a common steroid called dexamethasone, that costs just £5 for an entire course of treatment, has been shown to cut the risk of death by a third for Covid patients on ventilators.
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