Vitamin D to treat Covid-19 patients, after a study claimed it reduces deaths from the virus by 60 per cent.Researchers looked at the effectiveness of using calcifediol - a Vitamin D3 - when treating more than 550 people on coronavirus wards of Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, Spain.The study found Covid-19 patients given the Vitamin D doses were 80 per cent less likely to need intensive care treatment.
The University of Barcelona also concluded that "adjusted results showed a reduced mortality of more than 60 per cent" for people who received the treatment.Former Brexit Secretary, MP David Davis, said the findings, published by the Social Science Research Network, are part of a "very important study".Those who took part in the trial were.