The Role of Remdesivir in South Africa: Preventing COVID-19 Deaths Through Increasing Intensive Care Unit Capacity.

Nichols, Brooke E; Jamieson, Lise; Zhang, Sabrina R C; Rao, Gabriella A; Silal, Sheetal; Pulliam, Juliet R C; Sanne, Ian; Meyer-Rath, Gesine · Clin Infect Dis · 2021

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Abstract

Countries such as South Africa have limited intensive care unit (ICU) capacity to handle the expected number of patients with COVID-19 requiring ICU care. Remdesivir can prevent deaths in countries such as South Africa by decreasing the number of days people spend in ICU, therefore freeing up ICU bed capacity.

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