The use of Chroloquine Phosphate and Zithromax has been reportedly tested as effective drugs to help with the treatment of Coronavirus, Covid-19.
Although several people have opposed the anti-malaria drug being administered for the treatment of coronavirus as a result of some reported cases of overdose, president Donald Trump and other verified users on twitter have insisted that the use of the anti-malaria in the battle against Covid-19 is indeed effective.
Trump tweeted;
A great early result from a drug that will start tomorrow in New York and other places! #COVIDー19 https://t.co/4F4Qk4WFtK
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2020
Another user identified as Jack Brewer said;
“I just got a report from a friend with symptoms from Coronavirus, they gave him 10 pills of Zithromax and Chloroquine.. In one day it knocked all the symptoms out. Keep giving us hope @realDonaldTrump and speaking truth to people”
I just got a report from a friend with symptoms from Coronavirus, they gave him 10 pills of Zithromax and Chloroquine.. In one day it knocked all the symptoms out. Keep giving us hope @realDonaldTrump and speaking truth to people
— Jack Brewer (@JackBrewerBSI) March 23, 2020
Charlie Kirk tweeted;
“Wow:
A Florida Man is reporting a full recovery from the China Virus after being given a dose of the anti-Malarial drug President Trump has advocated for. He was near death—had already said goodbye to his family. And the drug worked. Is this the “false hope” CNN reported on?”
Wow:
A Florida Man is reporting a full recovery from the China Virus after being given a dose of the anti-Malarial drug President Trump has advocated for
He was near death—had already said goodbye to his family
And the drug worked
Is this the “false hope” CNN reported on?
🤔
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 23, 2020
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Meanwhile, facts reveal that no Nigerian has died as a result of chloroquine medication. Although the medication has generated many reactions from different quarters.
After US President Donald Trump praised the anti-malaria drug as a treatment for the coronavirus, Nigeria reported two cases of chloroquine poisoning. Two people were hospitalized in Lagos state for chloroquine overdoses.
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), however, warned Nigerians against consuming the anti-malaria drug to prevent or treat coronavirus infection.
Also, the director-general of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye, urged Nigerians to desist from using chloroquine as an anti-malaria drug because of the resistance that has been proven to develop in the past.
Adeyeye said: “In the case of Chloroquine, it has been demonstrated in the literature and with clinical research which is still ongoing, that chloroquine is superior to the placebo.
“NAFDAC is not approving chloroquine as a product that has can be used for coronavirus because there is no submission to us for registration. But because it is under clinical trials, NAFDAC approves medicines meant for clinical trials. Right now, we have asked one company to make a batch of Chloroquine for the purpose of clinical trial.”
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