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Scientists from Canada and the United States proposed to treat the coronavirus with radiotherapy. The experts of the Department of medical physics canadian Cancer centre Jack ady, noted that low-dose x-rays can help against pneumonia, which is often a consequence of coronavirus infection.

the Method already tested in the USA in ten patients with coronavirus infection of the new type. They recovered in three days against 12, which required the control group. Simultaneously, the number of us radiologists warned of the serious side effects from such therapy. Noted that radiation therapy not only reduces inflammation, but also kills cells of the immune system fighting an infection.

Russian experts of medicine stated the need for additional experiments to implement such methods of treatment, explaining that mers violates the regeneration of lung tissue, and radiation therapy will only aggravate this process.

“Radiation able to provoke the secretion of connective tissue and strengthen the fibrosis of the lungs. We have no data about the long-term effects after infection with SARS-СоV-2, however, even low doses of radiation can have unpredictable results in the future”, – quote “news” the Professor of the Department of fundamental medicine, School of Biomedicine, far Eastern Federal University Galina Reva.

According to the Johns Hopkins University, which maintains statistics on the incidence COVID-19, the United States continues to lead the world on this indicator. Tested positive for the coronavirus in the country was 5 million 244 thousand 238 people.