02:35 PM
Wednesday 28 October 2020
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Books – Ahmad Jumaa:
Sources familiar with the Ministry of Health revealed that “major changes” have been made to the protocol for treating people with the emerging corona virus “Covid 19” in Egypt. As part of the measures taken by the Ministry in preparation for the second wave of the virus.
Yesterday, Tuesday, the Ministry of Health had recorded 170 positive cases and 11 deaths, bringing the total number that was registered in Egypt to 106,877 cases, including 99084 cases that were cured, and 6222 deaths.
One of the sources that Masrawy spoke to said today, Wednesday, “There are major changes to the treatment protocol, and new types of drugs have been added and the timing of their administration to the injured has been modified.”
He added: “We are dealing with a viral disease that modifies its characteristics continuously, and has a specific timetable to deal with it, and thus we set time points to be a step ahead before the critical stage occurs and the patient reaches the situation on a ventilator.”
The sources pointed out the continuation of treatment with the “remdesivir” drug, after it had proven effective in treating the injured during the past months.
This comes days after the US Food and Drug Administration granted full approval for the use of the antiviral remdesivir to treat people with Covid 19 disease in hospitals.
Remdesivir is the first drug to receive a license to treat Covid 19 from the US agency.
And remdesivir is among the first drugs that have shown relative effectiveness during rigorous trials in reducing the number of days necessary for the recovery of Corona patients in hospitals.
But the World Health Organization said last week that remdesivir had little and no effect in treating patients.
Regarding the date of announcing the details of the treatment protocol, a source at the Ministry of Health said: “We are finalizing the treatment protocol, and it will be announced within a maximum of one week.”
Hala Zayed, Minister of Health and Population, stressed the need to adhere to preventive and precautionary measures and follow social distancing measures in anticipation of an increase in the number of Corona injuries with the onset of winter and low temperatures.
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