NAFDAC Confirms Use Of Chloroquine For COVID-19 Treatment 1
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NAFDAC Confirms Use Of Chloroquine For COVID-19 Treatment

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confirmed the use of chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19. The agency, however, noted that chloroquine could be administered in the early stage of the COVID-19 infection as prophylactic treatment. NAFDAC Director-General, Professor Christianah Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this at an online interactive session

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Nigeria Reports Chloroquine Abuses, Poisonings After Trump’s Comment
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Nigeria Reports Chloroquine Abuses, Poisonings After Trump’s Comment

Authorities in Nigerian megacity Lagos said that hospitals had seen cases of chloroquine poisoning after US President Donald Trump touted the drug as a treatment against the new coronavirus. Trump on Thursday said the anti-malarial drug had been “approved” to treat COVID-19 by America’s Food and Drug Administration, only for the head of the agency

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BREAKING: US Approves Chloroquine as Coronavirus Treatment
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BREAKING: US Approves Chloroquine as Coronavirus Treatment

The US has approved the anti-malarial drug chloroquine for use as a treatment against the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump said Thursday. “We’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately, and that’s where the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has been so great,” Trump told reporters. “They’ve gone through the approval

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