CNN CNN Newsroom With Pamela Brown October 2, 2021 23:19:00
Death toll in the world. but new cases and hospitalizations are dropping. suggesting that new deaths will also begin to decline. and even more encouraging, drugmakers merck and ridgeback say the new anti-viral pill cuts the risk of hospitalization and death by 50% for covid patients. that is fuelling new optimism among health experts. >> and unlike monoclonal antibodies which are quite effective, this drug is orally available. so we'll be able to prescribe this to folks that will take a five day course and hopefully be able to stay home and not come in for an intravenous infusion and keep folk...