Malaysia to add innovative treatment options on top of Covid-19 vaccines — Khairy

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Malaysia will be adding new, innovative treatment options to its arsenal in addition to Covid-19 vaccines, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (pictured).

In a tweet, the Member of Parliament for Rembau added that the he had already started negotiating for Malaysia to procure these effective drugs that have gone through clinical trials.

This was after Reuters reported that an experimental antiviral pill developed by Merck & Co could halve the chances of dying or being hospitalised for those most at risk of contracting severe Covid-19, according to data that experts hailed as a potential breakthrough in how the virus is treated.

If it gets authorisation, molnupiravir, which is designed to introduce errors into the genetic code of the virus, would be the first oral antiviral medication for Covid-19.

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