Australian Federal Health Minister Gives OK to UK Virus Treatment

Registered Nurse Clancy Spencer poses in the clinical assessment room at St George Hospital COVID-19/ Flu Assessment Clinic on May 15, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

An anti-inflammatory drug that has been successfully used to treat severe COVID-19 infections in the UK is likely to be used by doctors in Australia.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt was briefed on the findings by Oxford University scientists by the nation’s Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy on June 16.