Ministry of Health updates coronavirus treatment protocol. In particular, the drug tocilizumab was added for the treatment.. This was reported by Deputy Minister of Health Irina Sadovyak.

" Changed dosage regimen of tocilizumab for patients with severe and moderate disease. Recommended dose is 8 milligrams per kilogram, single dose.

In the previous protocol, it was a two-fold injection of 400 milligrams each "

The recommendations for the prescription of antibiotic therapy for coinfection and superinfection were also updated..

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According to her, patients with a moderate course of COVID-19 are prohibited from prescribing antibacterial drugs without justified clinical suspicion or the presence of a bacterial infection..

In addition, the Deputy Minister of Health noted that this is the seventh update of the protocol for the treatment of coronavirus infection.. This is reported by "