Health DG: Trial on tocilizumab to treat Covid-19 under way

Published on 12 Apr 2020 10:02:20 PM

Trials on the medicine tocilizumab to treat Covid-19 patients are ongoing, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a press conference on Sunday.

He said he hoped the research on the medicine would help in curbing the Covid-19 pandemic.

He also answered questions on the procurement of rapid test kits from China, South Korea and the United States that are supposed to yield results of Covid-19 tests in a short time.

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