molnupiravir

• oral antiviral pill for Covid
• a pill that can be taken twice daily at home
• due for delivery from mid-November
• priority to elderly Covid patients and those with e.g. weakened immune systems
• a clinical trial in the US showed a five-day course of the pills halved the risk of hospitalisation or death for at-risk patients

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