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The drug could be used to treat patients with initially mild symptoms who have risk factors for a severe course of Covid 19, such as serious illnesses, old age, obesity, diabetes, heart or lung diseases or cancer, the authority said. Pfizer approved the drug Paxlovid in February.
The most populous country on earth is currently experiencing a huge corona wave, which is particularly affecting people who are old or have previous illnesses. Hospitals are overwhelmed, crematoria can’t cremate the corpses fast enough.