The discovery of a generic steroid drug to treat patients with Covid-19 is "a really good breakthrough" in efforts to find a treatment for people who are very sick with the coronavirus, according to Dr Anne Moore, a senior Lecturer in Biochemistry and Cell Biology at University College Cork.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Dr Moore said that dexamethasone is the first drug found to prevent death in some people who are on ventilators.
She added that it was not much of a surprise to find the anti-inflammatory, broad spectrum drug works, but it was great to see that it did.
However, she warned that people at home should not treat themselves with dexamethasone and it is only to be used when people are extremely ill and the immune system