Actuality The course of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is unpredictable. In some cases, it manifests as increasing inflammation that leads to a cytokine storm and irreversible progression to acute respiratory syndrome, which is associated with the risk of death. Thus, proactive anti-inflammatory therapy remains an open, serious question for patients with COVID-19 and pneumonia. This is especially true for those patients who still have signs of inflammation on days 7–9 of the disease. These signs include elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) >60 mg/dl and at least two of the four clinical signs: 1) fever >37.5°C; 2) persistent cough; 3) dyspnea (RR >20 brpm) and/or reduced arterial oxygen saturation (SaO )