The Federal Government has said that it did not request for the Madagascar herbal remedy for COVID-19 but that the Government of Madagascar had donated to African countries “in the spirit of African brotherly love”, sending the West African consignment to Guinea Bissau. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, made … Read more
World Health Organisation (WHO), today met with 70 African traditional medicine experts to find a cure for the coronavirus pandemic. WHO African Region made this known via its Twitter account on Tuesday. The organization said they agreed with the experts agreed that clinical trials must be conducted for all medicines in the region. @WHOAFRO tweeted, … Read more
A new study has revealed details how China effectively contained coronavirus in the middle of February. Published in the Journal of Population Economics on Thursday, it suggests that more than 1.4 million infections and 56,000 deaths were avoided due to national and provincial measures imposed in late January. The study, led by Xi Chen, President of … Read more
The drug for the treatment of the dreaded coronavirus is in the testing phase and will be ready soon. The pronouncement was given by the Chairman of the Imo State Taskforce on COVID-19, Prof. Maurice Iwu in Owerri on Wednesday. The Don of Pharmacognosy from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), had presented a plant-based … Read more
A doctor based in New York, Zev Zelenko, has claimed that he has treated some patients infected with the deadly coronavirus disease. Zelenko, in an open letter to medical professionals around the world, said he treated some infected patients with a drug cocktail and it yielded a promising result. According to him, he had not … Read more
There is currently no treatment that has been proven to be effective against COVID-19,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general said on Monday. At a virtual news conference in Geneva, Tedros warned against the use of drugs not shown to work against the disease. His remarks came as the number of deaths … Read more