Dexamethasone Is Announced As Life-saving Coronavirus Drug

CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 16: In this photo illustration, a close-up of a box of dexamethasone tablets in a pharmacy on June 16, 2020 in Cardiff, United Kingdom. Results of a trial announced today have shown that dexamethasone, a cheap and widely used steroid drug which is used to reduce inflammation, reduced death rates by around a third in the most severely ill COVID-19 patients who were admitted to hospital. Researches have predicted 5,000 lives could have been saved had the drug been used to treat patients in the UK at the start of the pandemic. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)