The Ministry of Health is developing a new, 12th version of the temporary guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19, which will also reflect new approaches, as Izvestia report with reference to Vladimir Chulanov the chief specialist of the Department for infectious diseases, deputy director of the National Medical Research Center for Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases.
“We are preparing the 12th version, which, hopefully, will be ready in the near future. The working groups hold meetings to discuss the principle which we would like to implement in the treatment, ” he said.
Vladimir Chulanov noted that the expert community is considering new approaches to treatment. Some drugs, he said, which have been used only for inpatients so far, are proposed for outpatient practice or at day hospitals.
At the end of June, the Russian Ministry of Health approved temporary recommendations on the procedure for vaccination of the population against COVID-19, and sent the document to the regions.
