{"id":6065,"date":"2020-07-14T11:03:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T11:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=6065"},"modified":"2020-07-14T11:03:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T11:03:54","slug":"some-hospitals-in-covid-19-hotspots-running-short-of-remdesivir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=6065","title":{"rendered":"Some Hospitals in COVID-19 Hotspots Running Short of Remdesivir"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MONDAY, July 13, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Some U.S. hospitals in COVID-19<\/a> hotspots are running<\/a> short of the antiviral drug remdesivir — the only drug authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat the disease — while hospitals in other regions have stocks of the drug that are going unused.<\/p>\n

The federal government is overseeing distribution of remdesivir. In the coming week, allocations of remdesivir to states “will emphasize locations with large recent increases,” a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson told CNN<\/i>.<\/p>\n

But the amounts of the drug cited by the spokesperson to be shipped to four hotspot states — Arizona, California, Florida and Texas — are far smaller than the number of hospitalized COVID-19<\/a> patients in those states.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson also told CNN<\/i> that the company hired to distribute remdesivir will contact each hospital that received the drug to confirm that it still needs it.<\/p>\n

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