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The United States of America announced, on Saturday May 9, 2020, the start of distribution of the drug “Remdisever”, the only drug that has received federal approval to treat people infected with the Coronavir virus.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the use of “Remisdiver” in emergency situations to treat people with the disease, but experiments with its effectiveness are still ongoing.
Priority for affected areas: The US Undersecretary of Health. USA For Preparedness and Response, in a statement, said it “will benefit from the most affected areas of the country” from the virus.
A statement from the Health Ministry on Saturday also stated that “it started on May 7 of this year, to send shipments of the drug to various states, and the numbers indicate differences in actions that will go to each state.”
The statement explained, “The manufacturer promised to provide about 607,000 vials of experimental medicine in the next six weeks to treat about 78,000 patients in the United States.”
He also indicated that “this amount is within 1.5 million bottles that the company will donate to the world.” The ministry statement said: “It is up to the state health departments to distribute the doses to hospitals because they are more aware of their needs.”
Distribution of the medicine outside the United States: the Ministry expects that the fifty states and territories will receive shipments of the drug in the future.
Previously, the company’s CEO Daniel Oday said that “his company will work with international partners to expand production of the property that will be available worldwide.”
The United States recorded more than one million and 339 thousand cases of coronavirus, of which more than 79 thousand died, while 232 thousand were recovering.
In total, Corona afflicted, as of Saturday night, more than 4 million and 84 thousand worldwide, more than 279 thousand of them died and more than one million and 426 thousand recovered, according to the website “worldometer” specialized in monitoring victims of the virus.
Egypt has its part: Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Hala Zayed, announced that Egypt had reserved a first batch of “Remisdivir,” which was approved by the American Food and Drug Organization, under new treatment protocols for Crown.
On Saturday, the Egyptian Ministry of Health announced the registration of 488 new cases of coronavirus and 11 deaths, as well as the departure of 57 infected people from isolation and quarantine hospitals. The ministry added that the total number of people who recovered from the virus reached 2002.
Meanwhile, ministry spokesman Khaled Mujahid said the number of cases whose laboratory tests went from positive to negative increased to 2,476 cases, including those surveyed in 2002.
Mujahid added that all registered HIV positive cases in isolation and quarantine hospitals are subject to medical care in accordance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization. The spokesperson stated that the total number recorded in Egypt with the new Corona virus as of Sunday is 8,964 cases, including 514 deaths.
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