WhatsApp is launching a new service for businesses to communicate directly with their customers. The cloud-based messaging system is one of several platforms where Meta is launched more shopping-focused features, which will be free for smaller firms. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the development would help companies customise their experience. “ The best business experiences…
UK approves pill to treat Covid
The UK Medicines regulator MHRA, became the first country in the world to approve the antiviral Lagevrio (Molnupiravir) , a pill designed for the most vulnerable and the immunosuppressed and to treat people who are ill with Covid. Molnupiravir will be given twice a day to vulnerable patients recently diagnosed with the disease with in five days. The clinical trials, the pill, originally developed to treat flu, nearly halved the risk of hospitalisation and death in people with mild to moderate Covid-19, obese and old age over 60 years, diabetes nellitus or heart disease. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the treatment was a “Gamechanger”.