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Covid-19 update: £5 steroid could cut coronavirus deaths by a third

Ascot, England, 16 June: Jockeys make their way down the service road from the overflow changing room towards the parade ring at Ascot Racecourse on day one of the Royal Meeting. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)
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  • Researchers at Oxford University have said that a £5 steroid can cut Covid-19 deaths by a third.
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