Pfizer's oral drug Paxlovid for the treatment of COVID-19 receives emergency clearance from the Israeli Ministry of Health. The country has ordered hundreds of thousands of doses to help the population fight the wave of the Omicron strain. On Sunday, December 26, The Times of Israel reports.. The first 100 thousand doses will arrive in the country on Wednesday, December 29, and will be distributed among the health insurance funds within a few days..

Pfizer announced an 89% reduction in hospital admissions or deaths in Phase II and III trials when paxloid was given within three days of onset of covid symptoms, and 85% when started within five days.. The tablets are expected to be just as effective against the new Omicron strain because they do not target the protein that contains most of the strain's worrying mutations.. Earlier, the Japanese Ministry of Health approved the use of an oral drug for the treatment of COVID-19 from the American pharmaceutical company Merck. News from in Telegram. Subscribe to our channel https: // t. me / korrespondentnet Author: 1.