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Coronaviruses

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 2666-7967
ISSN (Online): 2666-7975

Letter to the Editor

The Use of Antivirals against COVID-19 Infection will Reduce the Number of Fatalities in Australia

Author(s): Alberto Boretti*

Volume 4, Issue 1, 2023

Published on: 09 March, 2023

Article ID: e280223214118 Pages: 3

DOI: 10.2174/2666796704666230228105723

Abstract

Australia finally permitted in July 2022 the use of oral antivirals against COVID-19. For the previous 2.5 years, the local bureaucrats have prevented medical doctors to prescribe the antivirals successfully used in other jurisdictions. Suddenly, they changed their mind, even if the opening of the restrictions was limited to only two products not known to be the most effective, nor the cheapest, in between the many available.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Omnicron, vaccines, antivirals, hospitalization, ICU admission, statistical analysis.

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