Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that even if coronavirus cases rose, there was hope (File)
Geneva / London:
Signs of hope are beginning to appear in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, but added that countries must continue to work on preventive measures to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.
While cases “continue to increase rapidly” in many parts of the world, there are “green sprouts of hope,” said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a press briefing. line.
Tedros also said it was “very good news” that the first results of a clinical trial showed that an inexpensive common steroid known as dexamethasone can help save critically ill patients.
The results of trials announced on Tuesday by British researchers have shown that dexamethasone, used since the 1960s to reduce inflammation in diseases such as arthritis, reduced the death rate by about a third among COVID patients- 19 most seriously ill admitted to hospital.
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