The first pill that can tackle Covid-19 at home is to be rolled out. The UK is set to prescribe the antiviral which has been shown to halve an infected person's risk of death.
This medication is hoped to relieve the pressure on the NHS as we head through winter, reports The Mirror. Those to get the drug include over 50s, people with underlying health conditions as well as those who agree to take the pill as part of a nationwide clinical trial run by the NHS.
A study trialling the medication is being run by Oxford University.Recruiting around 10,000 patients from around the UK, the research will analyse people at risk of serious illness due to a coronavirus infection following a positive PCR test.Those at highest risk who test positive for
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