Kamarudeen Ogundele, Olaleye Aluko, Tobi Aworinde, Peter DadaThe Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Monday said the Federal Government and the World Health Organisation were carrying out COVID-
19 drug trial in the Federal Capital Territory and fives states.
However, both Ehanire and Mustapha said the herbal drug would be subjected to scientific analyses in the country. He added, “The problem is that it comes from Africa. And they cannot accept that a country like Madagascar, which is one of the poorest countries in the world, has discovered this formula to save the world.”
The trial aims to rapidly discover whether any of the drugs slow disease progression or improves survival. Madagascar was reported on Monday to have offered African countries its COVID-19 cure. According to the report, the consignments for Nigeria were sent Guinea Bissau, from where they will be brought to the country.
Mustapha said the President had given permission to freight a consignment of Madagascar’s COVID-19 organic from Guinea Bissau for treatment and cure of the disease. The minister added that apart from the blind, who were given Braille materials home, and the deaf pupils who had sign language interpreters during television learning, other pupils with a form of physical limitation would have to make use of the online resources made available by the Federal Ministry of Education.
He stated, “In those areas, we will have to adapt our response to face the realities: this is a virus that is very easily transmissible, irrespective of the hard work that is being done across the country.“So, as it spreads to other cities, we adapt and change our response in order to manage that. We keep pushing in states that have not yet collected samples to do a bit more.”
He also assured of the Federal Government’s determination to protect jobs in the formal and informal sector in spite of the pandemic. The SGF expressed regret over reports of attacks and threats to lives of health workers at isolation and treatment centres by patients. The President had in his broadcast on April 27 imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on all parts of the country as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. He also banned inter-state movements.
On Saturday, the Cross River State Government and security operatives intercepted and sent back a truck carrying no fewer than 30 Quoranic education pupils at the Gakem-Benue border in the state.
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