KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt September 5, 2021 00:35:00
Texas government greg abbott recently had the treatment after a covid diagnosis. >> you also have to have some sort of a risk factor. perhaps they're over 65 or have diabetes. there's a whole list that they can talk you through. >> reporter: timing is essential. why in. >> because the earlier we can get the monoclonal treatment, the better they'll do. ideally we want it within the first four or five days. that's why we say before the cough gets worse and the fever gets higher. let's try to get these fighter cells in you so you can fight the infection off yourself. >> the treatment worked well ...