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Pfizer's edible corona treatment came to Korea last week, but we have been told that there are not many people who are prescribed it due to the strict standards. As a result of the confirmation, 109 people have received the drug in a week so far. So, the government decided to expand the drug target to those over the age of 60.



Reporter Park Jae-hyeon covered the story.



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This corona patient, who is in his 60s, was diagnosed with the virus on the 17th and is being treated at home.



Since the 19th, I have been prescribed 'Paxrovid', an edible corona treatment.



[At-home treatment confirmed patient: The bitter taste came up for about two and a half hours, and it disappeared after about four to five hours.]



[Nurse: The symptoms continued as long as I was taking the medicine.]



Managed by this hospital There are about 250 home-treated patients, but only 7 were prescribed an oral treatment.



This is because only those over 65 years of age or immunocompromised persons are subject to the medication, and there are 23 kinds of drug ingredients that should not be taken together based on domestic distribution standards.



[Chae Yun-tae / Infectious Disease Specialist: He was taking statins due to hyperlipidemia, and there was a case where he advised me to stop taking it. (Again) One person refused the prescription yesterday.] The



government has accelerated and brought in 21,000 doses first, but so far only 109 prescriptions have been received.



As prescriptions were lower than expected, the government expanded the target of taking Paxrovid from those aged 65 and over to those over 60.



It was estimated that 30% of the drug users would increase.



In addition, home therapists and residents of living treatment centers can prescribe prescriptions at long-term care hospitals and infectious disease hospitals.



The government has decided to gradually expand the drug target to those over the age of 12 and those with underlying diseases by March, depending on the amount introduced and the epidemic situation.



Separately, we decided to send Pax Lovid equivalent to 10% of the troops to four overseas troops.



(Video coverage: Jeon Gyeong-bae, video editing: Choi Hye-young, CG: Kim Jong-un)