AFP PhotoTHE World Health Organization (WHO) approved two new Covid-19 treatments on Friday, growing the arsenal of tools along with vaccines to stave off severe illness and death from the virus. Experts also recommended synthetic antibody treatment sotrovimab for people with non-serious Covid at highest risk of hospitalization, such as the elderly, people with immunodeficiencies or chronic diseases such as diabetes. Only three other treatments for Covid-19 have received WHO approval, starting with corticosteroids for severely ill patients in September 2020. Synthetic antibody treatment Regeneron was approved by the WHO in September and the guidelines say sotrovimab can be used for the same type of patients. The WHO's Covid treatment recommendations are updated regularly based on new data from clinical trials.

Source: Manila Times January 14, 2022 16:53 UTC