COVID: Abu Dhabi to provide new medicine for mild symptoms

  • Date: 01-Dec-2021
  • Source: Gulf Insider
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:UAE
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COVID: Abu Dhabi to provide new medicine for mild symptoms

Abu Dhabi is working to provide a new medication to prevent and treat Covid-19. The medication, which has been approved for emergency use, can be used to treat mild to moderate cases and for those who have had direct contact with a positive case.

The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) has adopted Swiss biotech company Roche’s treatment for managing positive Covid cases. The Roche treatment is composed of two monoclonal antibodies, namely asirivimab and imdevimab.