Rejected petition Allow severely afflicted COVID-19 patients to take remdesivir antiviral meds

Allow severely ill COVID-19 patients to elect to be treated with remdesivir and potentially other antiviral medicines that appear to be effective against COVID-19 even though clinical trials are not yet complete. Patients shall have informed consent.

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Remdesivir has been administered to terminal COVID-19 patients in the U.S. and Japan. Those patients reportedly made remarkable recoveries. Clinical testing is ongoing, but the time it takes to complete the trials means that the drug is unlikely to be approved in time to stem the current COVID-19 outbreak.
Administering remdesivir and other antiviral drugs to severely ill patients could substantially reduce the number of deaths in Britain from the Coronavirus, if government acts now.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Treatment decisions are a matter for the NHS and not Parliament or Government.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 15 March 2020
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