Covid breakthrough: Arthritis drug found to cut risk of dying from Covid by up to a fifth

Regarding the risk of other infections, the drug wasn’t found to increase the chances, even in the case of blood clotting.

The study concluded that baricitinib was able to reduce deaths in patients hospitalised with Covid by about one-fifth overall.

What are the symptoms of COVID-19?

The NHS describes the main symptoms as cough, fever, loss or change to taste and smell.

However, the Omicron variant has been shown to cause a range of symptoms, as reported by doctors and patients.