A drug for the new coronavirus can be used in Japan.
厚生労働省は24日、新型コロナウイルスの薬「モルヌピラビル」を日本で使うことができるようにしました
On the 24th, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare made it possible to use the new coronavirus drug ”molnupiravir” in Japan.
This is a medicine made by the American company ”Merck” and is the first oral medicine to be taken in Japan.
この薬は、具合が悪くなってから5日以内の18歳以上の人で、病気がひどくなる心配がある人に使います
This medicine is used for people over the age of 18 who are within 5 days of getting sick and who are worried of getting seriously sick.
It is to be taken twice a day for 5 consecutive days
Pregnant women cannot take it.
Merck says it was able to reduce the rate of hospitalization and death by about 30% in trials using this drug.
厚生労働省はメルクと、今年の終わりまでに20万人、全部で160万人が使う薬を買う約束をしました
MHLW has promised Merck to buy the medicine for 200,000 people by the end of this year. Medicine for 1.6 million people in total has been ordered.
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