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.

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.