Covid-19: M'sia enrols first patient in WHO trial to find cure

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has enrolled its first patient for the World Health Organisation (WHO)-led Solidarity Trial that will attempt to find the best drug to treat Covid-19 patients, says the ministry's Clinical Research Centre director Dr Goh Pik Pin.

Dr Goh, who is the coordinator for the trial in Malaysia, said that the patient was enrolled on Tuesday .

On Sunday , Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that nine government hospitals would be participating in the Solidarity Trial using different combinations of remdesivir, lopinavir/ritonavir, interferon beta, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine. The Covid-19 Clinical Research Coalition aims to accelerate desperately needed research in areas with already fragile health systems and, which could cause the greatest health impact on vulnerable populations.

Data from all regions can be collected in a similar fashion, pooled and shared in real-time with the hope of helping countries and WHO to make rapid evidence-based decisions on policies and practice.

 

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