THE Department of Health (DoH) cautioned people against the use of anti-inflammatory drug Dexamethasone as a possible cure for the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, concurrent spokesman, issued the warning amid a reported "breakthrough in science" in the United Kingdom in which the use of dexamethasone reduced deaths in one-third of intubated severely-ill and critical patients.

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