Moche, Tshepi2020-10-202020-10-202020Moche, T. (2020). 'Doctors to improve in treating COVID-19 before a vaccine is developed'. SABC news. SABC.https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/doctors-to-improve-in-treating-covid-19-before-a-vaccine-is-developed/http://hdl.handle.net/10566/5289Director 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.enCovid-19Eastern CapeThe corticosteroidIncreasing number of dearth casesDevelopment of vaccineArticle