Shortage of monoclonal antibody treatment

By News Team

January 14, 2022 5:31 PM

Published January 14, 2022 5:34 PM

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Idaho Falls Community Hospital and Mountain View Hospital are running short on monoclonal antibody treatment.

Hospital administrators say there are not enough doses to treat everyone who has COVID-19.

They are focusing treatment on patients who are at the highest risk of becoming severely sick.

They are taking age, underlying health conditions and other risk factors into consideration.

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