Gov. Hogan requires all Maryland nursing homes to offer monoclonal antibodies,

even to those who haven’t tested positive yet for COVID-19.

The treatment reduces severity of covid symptoms, along with the risk of hospitalization and death.

As Maryland COVID-19 hospitalizations approach the highest levels since mass vaccine distribution began, Gov. Larry Hogan announced a requirement for all nursing homes to offer monoclonal antibodies – even to residents who haven’t tested positive yet for the virus.

The directive issued Thursday states if a Maryland nursing home has a covid outbreak, residents who’ve tested positive, and those who still test negative, will be offered an approved or emergency authorized therapeutic treatment for covid.

The most prominent of the therapies remains monoclonal antibodies, copies of virus antibodies produced in a lab and typically injected intravenously. The treatment reduces severity of covid symptoms, along with the risk of hospitalization and death.'>>>

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