RTE
Date: 4 Aug 2020
Taiwan has decided to provisionally allow dexamethasone to be listed as a Covid-19 treatment\
It comes as the island faces a shortfall of the antiviral drug remdesivir, after the United States bought nearly all global supplies.
Taiwan Centres for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang told reporters that medical experts had decided to provisionally allow dexamethasone to be listed as a Covid-19 treatment but that procedures still needed to be completed before it could be given to any patients.
Taiwan has reported 476 cases of the new coronavirus, including seven deaths.
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