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World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized the need for a treatment as the current vaccine cannot prevent 100% of the corona virus. The WHO has decided to conduct clinical trials of three drugs to see if they could be used as potential therapeutics.
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There are three drugs that the WHO will start clinical trials to see if it will help patients infected with the coronavirus.
Altesunate, used to treat malaria, imatinib, used to treat certain types of cancer, and infliximab, used to treat diseases of the immune system.
WHO explained that an independent panel of experts has selected drugs that have the potential to lower the risk of death in patients with COVID-19.
[Ghebreyesus/WHO Director-General: These drugs were selected by an independent panel of experts who evaluated the available evidence for all possible treatments.]
Clinical trials of these drugs were conducted in over 600 hospitals in 52 countries worldwide. will participate in this.
In addition, the WHO expects that the final results of the four drugs, including remdesivir and hydroxychloroquine, conducted last year as a corona treatment will be released next month.
Previously, the WHO had stated that these four drugs were ineffective as a treatment for coronavirus patients.
The WHO also expressed concern about the current rate of spread of the coronavirus.
If the current trend continues, the cumulative number of confirmed cases worldwide will exceed 300 million early next year.
However, he emphasized that it is up to all of us, such as the equitable distribution of the corona vaccine.