Singapore — An agreement for Singapore to buy a supply of Molnupiravir, an oral Covid-19 antiviral drug from pharmaceutical company Merck, was announced on Wednesday (Oct 6).
The announcement from Merck, known as MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) in other countries, comes one day after Singapore saw a record-high number of new Covid infections of 3,490.
Merck said Molnupiravir will be made available after authorisation and approval for its use have been given.
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Singapore — According to lawyer and opposition leader Lim Tean, the record-high number of new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (Oct 5) of 3,480 is a “shameful milestone” for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as well as Lawrence Wong, Ong Ye Kung, and Gan Kim Yong, the ministers heading the Multi-ministry Task Force dealing with the pandemic.
However, it bears pointing out that the vast majority of the new infections are mild or even asymptomatic, and most of the new cases have qualified for the Home Recovery Programme, and do not need to be admitted to hospitals.
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