Health Canada has given the green light towards the use of Paxlovid, an oral at home prescription medication created by Pfizer to treat mild cases of covid 19 if they have a positive result and are at risk of becoming seriously ill.
Paxlovid is a potentially life saving drug that is expected to immensely help how overwhelmed the country’s hospitals have become and is proven to reduce symptoms of the Covid-19 virus and shorten the period of illness. Hailed as a “game changer” by some doctors, it has also proven to work against the Omicron variant which has been taking over the nation by storm.
Manitoba is set to get 1,100 doses though there is still no word on how it will be distributed or when the first shipment will arrive.
- Jasmin Laine
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