Public Health Ministry procures 16 million Favipiravir tablets for COVID-19 patients

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To treat patients infected with COVID-19, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has procured an additional 16 million Favipiravir antiviral tablets, which are expected to arrive in Thailand this month.

 

Dr. Kornkrit Limsommut, director of the health administration division, said yesterday (Wednesday) that there are currently four million Favipiravir tablets and 1,613 vials of Remdesivir broad-spectrum antiviral intravenous medication on hand and the arrival of a new shipment will ensure that there is sufficient medication to meet current requirements.

 

He added that, if there is a need for more, the medications can be procured quickly because the ministry has direct contact with the drugs’ manufacturers.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/public-health-ministry-procures-16-million-favipiravir-tablets-for-covid-19-patients/

 

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[mikebell]

This is the answer; let people contract Covid then treat them with tablets. The body will create its own antibodies; soon have 70% herd immunity. (Except for those that die.)

Edited July 15, 2021 by mikebell
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[robertson468]

Surprisingly the article does not mention what trials if any have been conducted on this "remedy" or what the efficacy is.  Yet again, a pretty useless report!

[Surelynot]

Can't be as efficacious as Anutin's herbal remedies surely?

[worgeordie]

15 minutes ago, robertson468 said:

Surprisingly the article does not mention what trials if any have been conducted on this "remedy" or what the efficacy is.  Yet again, a pretty useless report!

Especially when details are hand written on the bottle .....bit iffy.

regards Worgeordie

[Dogmatix]

Is there any reputable evidence that Favipiravir works?  It was developed by Fujifilm as Avigan and the Japanese decided it was useless against COVID but the Chinese licensee seems to have been promotiing it. From what I can find it seems that opinions are divided outside Japan, just like Ivermectin. There seems to be more evidence for Remdesivir but Thailand is reluctant to imort any drugs from the US for obvious reasons.

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

Another story to distract from the govt. failure to do their jobs and provide vaccines for the country. So pathetic.

 

Just get us vaccinated !!!!

[mtls2005]

Useless, but it's part of the official treatment protocol here, and it makes them feel like they're doing something, I guess.

 

Leeches would probably be more effective?

 

 

They (Thai GPO) were going to snatch the IP and manufacture this here. No clue where that stands? Maybe too difficult, easier to buy?

 

 

[internationalism]

that is very trange, becaause they are making them already in thailand

 

[unblocktheplanet]

5 hours ago, Dogmatix said:

but Thailand is reluctant to imort any drugs from the US for obvious reasons.

Overpriced, you mean?

[cclub75]

Just now, unblocktheplanet said:

Overpriced, you mean?

 

No. They just follow... WHO guidelines !

 

"WHO recommends against the use of remdesivir in COVID-19 patients"

 

November 2020.

 

Link : https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/who-recommends-against-the-use-of-remdesivir-in-covid-19-patients

[internationalism]

remdesivir is some $300 per vial and at least 10 vials are needed. That is very expensive treatment, in comparison to some $1 per pill of locally made favipi.

https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-021-06164-x