The risk of advancing to mechanical ventilation was lowered by 21% among patients who were not on ventilators.
6 449 patients randomly received interleukin-6 inhibitors and 4 481 received their usual care or a placebo.
A presentation was delivered to the National Coronavirus Control Council (NCCC) on Tuesday.
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