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    ‘Doctors to improve in treating COVID-19 before a vaccine is developed’
    (SABC, 2020) Moche, Tshepi
    Director of research development at the University of the Western Cape Professor Burtram Fielding says there is a strong possibility that doctors will get better at treating and saving the lives of COVID-19 patients before a vaccine is developed. The Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19 has advised that patients on ventilators may now receive a corticosteroid as part of their treatment plan. The corticosteroid contains dexamethasone, which a trial treatment from the United Kingdom showed that when used the fatality rate of mechanically ventilated patients could be cut by a third.
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    SA part of a charge to develop a vaccine for Covid-19
    (Independent online, 2020) Charles, Marvin
    Cape Town - With infections of the coronavirus surpassing the 1.3million mark and deaths at 76507 worldwide, the rush to find a cure is increasing, with South Africa playing its part. Globally, more than 35 companies and academic institutions are racing to create a vaccine, at least four of which already have candidates to test on animals.