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Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, yesterday told the House of Representatives that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government was open to the possibility of using local herbs to fight COVID-19 pandemic, but insisted that the Nigeria Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development must first certify any such remedy.
He said local herbs could be categorised into drugs that could cure the virus or those that could reduce the symptoms, and noted that the body must be able to build the required antibodies to neutralise the virus. He said those without symptom werecapable of transferring the virus to others with less immunity and that this was dangerous.While describing the situation in Kano as sad, the minister said the Federal Government was currently participating in various research to find a solution to the pandemic.
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