Thailand-approved Paxlovid cuts Covid death rate by 70%: medic


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Paxlovid antiviral drug reduces risk of death among Covid-19 patients by 70%, and hospitalisation by 40%, Chulalongkorn University medical expert Dr Thira Woratanarat said on Thursday (Dec 15).

Writing on Facebook, Thira cited a study by Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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