This drug, which is estimated to serve some 6,000 patients, is expected to arrive in hospitals by Wednesday.
In fact, medical studies show that this antiviral medication is beneficial to help patients alleviate respiratory ailments and achieve recovery, although its high price, which is around $ 2,300 per treatment, has generated criticism.
DeSantis also encouraged Floridians who have been infected and have recovered to “contribute to the plasma donation program,” whose antibodies would be introduced to hospitalized patients to expedite recovery.
On the other hand, the governor regretted the slowness of “some laboratories to publish the results of the tests”, which “makes it difficult to carry out calculations to take measures”, and insisted that “he would do everything possible to speed up the process “
Last Thursday, federal senator Marco Rubio announced on his Twitter account his concern about the inventory of the aforementioned drug in state hospitals.
“Reports from various Florida hospitals warn of few or no supplies of remdesivir. Shipping is coordinated by the federal government and we have a bad disconnect between what they think we need and what we really need. Working hard to solve this problem immediately, “said the legislator.
The next day, Governor DeSantis said he spoke with Vice President Mike Pence, who heads the coronavirus task force from the federal government, and who assured him that he had Florida, as well as California, Arizona and Texas as a priority.
“Of course, I told him that we want to receive the medication as soon as possible,” the governor said at the time.
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