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How dexamethasone be used in coronavirus treatment, WHO guidelines soon
dexamethasone, a steroid, can be lifesaving for patients who are critically ill with Covid-19. For patients on ventilators, the treatment was shown to reduce mortality by about one third, and for patients requiring only oxygen, mortality was cut by about one fifth, according to preliminary findings shared with WHO.“This is the first treatment to be shown to reduce mortality in patients with COVID-19 requiring oxygen or ventilator support," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.