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Breakthrough in COVID-19 Treatment: Dexamethasone Reduces Deaths

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Nyakundi Report

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This archive report was first published on 17 June 2020.

On June 16, 2020, a groundbreaking clinical trial revealed that administering low doses of the generic steroid dexamethasone to patients hospitalized with COVID-19 significantly reduced death rates among those with the most severe cases of infection.

According to the trial's results, described as a

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