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Doctors prepare to prescribe Covid-19 ‘miracle’ drug

19 June 2020 - 07:00 By TANYA FARBER
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Dexamethasone has been hailed a breakthrough in Covid-19 treatment.
Dexamethasone has been hailed a breakthrough in Covid-19 treatment.
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Cape clinicians are developing guidelines for the introduction of dexamethasone treatment for Covid-19.

This comes as the drug has emerged as the “miracle” treatment the world has been looking for.

 

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