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Britain will immediately start giving dexamethasone to coronavirus patients, after a trial showed the steroid saved the lives of one third of the gravest cases, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Tuesday.
Hancock said Britain began stockpiling the widely available drug when its potential first became apparent three months ago.
"Because we spotted the early signs of the potential of dexamethasone, we've been stockpiling it since March," he said in a video statement.
WATCH: Delighted to announce the first successful clinical trial for a life-saving #coronavirus treatment- reducing mortality by up to a third & further protecting our NHS"So we now have 200,000 courses that are ready to go and we're working with the NHS (National Health Service) so that the NHS standard treatment for Covid-19 will include dexamethasone form this afternoon," Hancock said.
This global first exemplifies the power of science- huge thanks to the team, @oxforduni & Jonathan Van-Tam pic.twitter.com/654oPIsT8t
- Matt Hancock (@MattHancock) June 16, 2020
The first successful clinical trial in the world has found an effective treatment to improve survival of #coronavirus patients needing oxygen treatment. pic.twitter.com/OK235v8JciThe RECOVERY trial compared outcomes of around 2,100 patients who were randomly assigned to get the steroid, with those of around 4,300 patients who did not get it.
- UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) June 16, 2020
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