New York: Pfizer says Kovid antiviral pill is 90 percent effective. The company claims that the pill is also effective against Omicon, a new variant of the corona virus. The company said the pill could also help prevent the death and hospitalization of critically ill patients.
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced that he will buy pills for 10 million people. The company last month claimed that a pill called Paxlovid was 89 percent effective in preventing hospitalization or death, based on interim results for about 1,200 people. The final results included more than 1,000 people.
Meanwhile, the death toll from Kovid infection in the U.S. rose to eight million on Tuesday. The U.S. is also the country with the highest number of Kovid deaths. About 15 percent of the 5.3 million deaths from Kovid infection are in the US.
About 60 percent of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated. The death toll in the country when the vaccine was first made available was about 300,000. It reached 6 lakh by mid-June and 7 lakh by October.
English Summary: Pfizer says COVID-19 pill near 90% protective against hospitalization, death
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