Coronavirus treatment

India has on Sunday authorised the emergency use of two coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and by local pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech. The new development was announced by the country’s drug…

Lagos State Health Commissioner, Akin Abayomi, has said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is responding well to home-based care and treatment for COVID-19. It would be recalled that the Governor’s positive test was announced by the state…

A new study has found that the controversial antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine helped COVID-19 patients survive better in the hospital. A Henry Ford Health System study, following analysis of 2,541 hospitalized patients, has found…

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has on Sunday cautioned the Federal Government against treating coronavirus patients at home as intended. On April 30, the Nigeria…

A 24-year-old Indian man has been hospitalized after he allegedly cut off his tongue as an offering to the Hindu goddess Kali Mata, to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The Indian identified as Vivek Sharma is a young…

US President, Donald Trump, has come out to deny ever suggesting that people should ingest disinfectants as a Coronavirus cure. This comes after receiving backlash on Friday for suggesting cleaning products like disinfectants to be…

US President Donald Trump have come under fire from medical community after suggesting research should go into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body. President Trump stated this during…

The skin color of two Chinese doctors who fell critically ill with coronavirus have changed after surviving the deadly illness. Dr Yi Fan and Dr Hu Weifeng, both 42 years old were infected with Covid-19 while treating patients at…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital on Sunday, a week after being admitted for treatment for coronavirus, a Downing Street spokesman said. The spokesperson in a…

President Donald Trump President Donald Trump has on March 19 approved the use of the anti-malarial drug chloroquine as a treatment against the new coronavirus. Trump told US reporters that; We’re going to be able to make that drug…