hydroxychloroquine

Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has revealed that reliable researches has shown that chloroquine is an effective treatment of COVID-19 at the early…

Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter as well as video streaming site, Youtube, have deleted videos of an American-based physician, Dr Stella Immanuel declaring hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 ‘cure’. The video was first…

India has donated seven tonnes of hydroxychloroquine to Nigeria as part of efforts to help the West African combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha who also doubles as the…

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…

World Health Organization has resumed its trial of hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug dubbed as a potential treatment for coronavirus, after temporarily halting research over safety concerns. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) has announced the continuation of Hydroxychloroquine clinical trial as treatment for COVID-19 patients in the country. This comes a day after World Health Organization (WHO)…

Nigeria’s coronavirus infection toll has surpassed the 8,000 mark after recording 229 new COVID-19 cases in 14 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement late Monday…

World Health Organization has temporarily suspended the trial of anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns. Hydroxycholoroquine has been touted by US President Donald Trump as a possible treatment…

President Donald Trump on Monday said he has been taking hydroxychloroquine anti-malaria drug to protect himself against the coronavirus, although scientists have warned about its fatal side effects. Trump told reporters about his…