How many of the covid-19 deaths were treated with Remdesivir?
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From: D J Blair
Dear Ministry of Health,
Thank you for your time, I am interested to know how many of the patients who died with covid-19 had been treated with the drug Remdesivir up until 30th March 2022.
Yours faithfully,
Dennis Blair
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From: D J Blair <[FOI #18999 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 29 March 2022 2:29 pm
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - How many of the covid-19 deaths
were treated with Remdesivir?
Dear Ministry of Health,
Thank you for your time, I am interested to know how many of the patients
who died with covid-19 had been treated with the drug Remdesivir up until
30th March 2022.
Yours faithfully,
Dennis Blair
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From: D J Blair <[FOI #18999 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 29 March 2022 14:29
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - How many of the covid-19 deaths
were treated with Remdesivir?
Dear Ministry of Health,
Thank you for your time, I am interested to know how many of the patients
who died with covid-19 had been treated with the drug Remdesivir up until
30th March 2022.
Yours faithfully,
Dennis Blair
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