ISLAMABAD-World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a rapid increase in production of dexamethasone, a cheap steroid which has been shown to reduce deaths in critically ill coronavirus patients. WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a virtual news conference in Geneva, said dexamethasone has ...

ISLAMABAD-Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr. Zafar Mirza has said a technical team in Pakistan will consider using Dexamethasone medicine to treat those critically ill with COVID-19. In a tweet on Wednesday, he pointed out the World Health Organization (WHO) has ...

ISLAMABAD-A cheap and widely available drug can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the fight against the deadly virus, UK experts say. The drug is part of the world's biggest trial testing ...