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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Health experts have asked African countries to use steroids such as dexamethasone with caution while treating people infected with COVID-19.  Dr Marybeth Maritim  Cherono an infectious diseases expert based in Nairobi said people who use steroids have a higher chance of developing diabetes and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Results of a study released on Tuesday show that if common anti allergy drug dexamethasone is given in low doses to patients battling serious COVID- 9, a third of them can be saved from death. Conducted by researchers at Oxford university and part of a …