The Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Mojisola Adeyeye has made the announcement that the Agency is not approving Chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 but for clinical trials to find treatment for the virus. This information was revealed by the DG in NAFDAC headquarters in Lagos.
As Coronavirus was declared a global pandemic by the WHO and cases has continued to surge in Nigeria and around the world, a group observed that there are no testing centres in four of the Geo-political zones in Nigeria.
Following the discovery of four recent Coronavirus cases in Lagos Today 19th March 2020, the Federal Capital Territory Administration has ordered the closure of both private and public schools in Abuja effective Friday 20th 2020 until further notice.
The Federal Ministry of Health has on Wednesday announced that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed an additional five people who have tested positive to the Coronavirus (Covid-19), making the total cases of the disease to 8.
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Abuja chapter, has announced they would be embarking on an indefinite strike beginning from today March 17th 2020, amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. This decision was announced about an hour after the third case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Nigeria's commercial capital city Lagos.
The Lagos Ministry of Health has on Tuesday announced that a new patient, a Nigerian female who recently returned from the United Kingdom (UK) has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19).
