'Major breakthrough' as UK scientists find cheap steroid cuts COVID-19 deaths

Scientists in the UK have discovered a cheap and available treatment for COVID-19 patients.

They have described the use of a common steroid drug as a “major breakthrough”.

The drug dexamethasone reduced death rates by a third for patients on ventilators and by a fifth for patients needing oxygen.

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