Treatments give new hope to fight against COVID-19

About 15,000 additional doses of a new COVID-19 treatment will arrive in Australia this week. Sotrovimab is an antibody treatment administered by a one-time intravenous infusion, approved by the TGA on August 20 - and it is already showing promise in Sydney's hospitals.

Dr Nancy Baxter is head of the School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne. She says these treatments aren't for everyone.

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