Coronavirus treatments: How is coronavirus treated?
Coronavirus is a dangerous, respiratory virus that targets older populations and those with underlying health conditions. While for most people the virus will pass relatively easily, others have grave complications which force them into ICUs and hospitals. NHS England chief Sir Simon Stevens said he hoped more treatments will become widely available for coronavirus in the future, and that the disease will become much more treatable if all goes well.
A number of treatments have already been trialled and are being used to increase people’s chance of survival.
Speaking from Downing Street, Sir Simon said: “Fundamentally, the driver of the death rate is the infection rate, set against that we are seeing continuing improvements in hospital treatment for severely sick coronavirus patients.”
The NHS boss added: “We do expect that there will be more treatments for coronavirus looking out over the next six to 18 months, perhaps.
“We have already seem those with some of the corticosteroids, some of the rheumatoid arthritis drugs that have been repurposed.
