In a recent statement, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that, 'Paxlovid, the drug of the American company Pfizer, is very effective against the corona virus.' Apart from this, WHO also said that, 'Patients who have mild symptoms of corona can use this medicine.' With this, WHO experts said in the BMJ Medical Journal that, 'It is a better treatment option for the elderly and those who do not take the vaccine.' Let us also tell you all that the US Drug Regulator had approved the emergency use of this drug last year. At the same time, the WHO has described Paxlovid as better than the antiviral drug remdesivir made by American biotech firm Gilead.

Simultaneously, the WHO has placed Paxlovid above remdesivir as well as Merck's mollupiravir and monoclonal antibodies in the rating, although the World Health Organization has once again expressed concern about the fact that people in many countries are still infected. Corona vaccine is not available. Let us tell you that the WHO has advised to take Paxlovid medicine after seeing the results of some new trials. Yes and new data has revealed that 85 percent of those who took the medicine of Paxlovid did not need to go to the hospital. Yes and this trial was done on 3100 patients. The most important thing is that with the use of Paxlovid, the harm on the patients was also seen less.

Who can take this medicine? - According to WHO, Paxlovid can be used by those patients of corona who are more than 18 years of age. Yes and apart from this, pregnant and breast feeding women cannot use this medicine. Let us tell you that at present, WHO has not advised serious patients of corona to take this medicine. Patients who show symptoms of corona have been advised to take this medicine within 5 days. Also, it has been asked to take it for the next 5 days.

In addition, the WHO has called on Pfizer to make its pricing for Paxlovid more transparent. In such a situation, WHO's senior adviser on access to medicines, Lisa Heidman, said that 'radio station NPR has put the cost of Paxlovid in the US at $530 for a full 5 days of treatment. Whereas in some places its price is said to be $ 250.

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