New drug gets approval for covid in UK

[Amity Island]

Molnupiravir: First pill to treat Covid gets approval in UK - BBC News

The tablet - molnupiravir - will be given twice a day to patients recently diagnosed with the disease.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Saw this on the news last night. The govt seem to have bought up / reserved a fair few thousand courses.

 

[Bruce Stephens]

The govt seem to have bought up / reserved a fair few thousand courses.

Enough for a couple of weeks of new cases, if we gave it to all of them. (Obviously we won't.) The article mentions the challenge in administering it: should be within 5 days of symptoms. The article's suggestion of care homes having some makes sense.