Coronavirus: remdesivir study finds hospital stays for Covid-19 patients could be reduced without affecting treatment outcome, Hong Kong expert says

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A major study of the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir found that Covid-19 patients could be discharged from hospital five days earlier with a similar treatment outcome, a Hong Kong expert said, as the city reached 14 days without local transmission on Thursday.Professor David Hui Shu-cheong, a

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A major study of the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir found that Covid-19 patients could be discharged from hospital five days earlier with a similar treatment outcome, a Hong Kong expert said, as the city reached 14 days without local transmission on Thursday.

Published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, the research, conducted by a group of international experts, involved 397 patients from 55 hospitals in the United States, Italy, Spain, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan between March 6 and 26. After adjustment for imbalances in their initial disease severity, the researchers concluded there was “no significant difference in efficacy” between the different courses of therapy. Outcomes such as clinical conditions on day 14, time to clinical improvement, recovery and mortality rates, were all similar.

On Friday, entertainment venues such as karaoke lounges, nightclubs, bathhouses and party venues will be allowed to reopen, under certain conditions. The venues were ordered to close in late March and early April as part of the city’s social-distancing measures to combat the virus.

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