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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, announced the only effective drug against the corona virus. Ghebreyesus said that only the drug Dexamethasone is good for patients with serious conditions.
The Director General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, held a meeting with WHO experts on pandemics via videoconference at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Referring to the interim results of the Solidarity Trial in which the organization evaluated Covid-19 therapies, Ghebreyesus said that the antiviral drug “Remdesivir”, hydroxychloroquine and the combination of lopinavir / ritonavir used in the treatment of AIDS had little effect on deaths and hospital stay due to Kovid-19 or Said turned out to have no effect.
Ghebreyesus affirmed that despite the negative results, the Solidarity Trial launched by the WHO in March will continue with the participation of approximately 13,000 volunteers in 500 hospitals in 30 countries.
Ghebreyesus stated that the Solidarity Trial recruits nearly 2,000 patients each month and will continue with other treatments, including monoclonal antibodies and newer antivirals, saying: “For now, the corticosteroid dexamethasone is the only treatment that has been found to be effective in patients with Covid- 19 serious “. He said.
Ghebreyesus recalled that there are almost 3.5 million severe cases of seasonal flu and around 650 thousand respiratory deaths each year in the world, he said:
“This year, during the winter in the southern hemisphere, the seasonal flu cases and deaths were less than normal due to the measures taken for Covid-19. But we cannot assume that the same will happen during the hemisphere’s flu season. north.
The WHO Director-General also warned that the demand for influenza vaccine may exceed supply.
