Greece has received 5,700 treatments of molnupiravir for Covid-19, Alternate Health Minister Mina Gaga told Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Saturday.
Another 25,000 treatments will also be received, after an approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) which is expected next month, she added.
This treatment has already been licensed for emergency use by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), she noted. In Greece, the treatment can be granted with the patients' written consent, until the European approval process is completed.
Gaga explained that "at this stage of the pandemic, the Omicron mutation is predominant, and according to international scientific data it is not sensitive to treatment with monoclonal antibodies, which were administered to patients infected with the Delta mutation, with positive results. Therefore, the international scientific community is turning to oral therapies."