Nigeria Pushes Ahead With Malaria Drug Trials for COVID-19
The World Health Organisation has paused its trial of the malaria drug as a treatment for COVID-19 but the Nigeria Food and Drug Administration's Director General Mojisola Adeyeye said "the agency will continue with its trials as is convinced it is an effective treatment for the virus".
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Nigeria:
We Won't Suspend Hydroxychloroquine Trial - Food and Drug Body
Premium Times, 26 May 2020
Barely 24 hours after the World Health Organisation (WHO) suspended all clinical trials for hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19, the National Agency for Food… Read more »
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Africa:
'Solidarity' Clinical Trial for COVID-19 Treatments
WHO, 27 May 2020
"Solidarity" is an international clinical trial to help find an effective treatment for COVID-19, launched by the World Health Organization and partners. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Disease Control Body Records 389 COVID-19 Cases, Highest Daily Figure Ever
Premium Times, 28 May 2020
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday announced 389 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the new tally of confirmed infections in the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
COVID-19 - Govt Okays 5 States, FCT for WHO's Clinical Trials
Vanguard, 12 May 2020
The Federal Government has enrolled the Federal Capital Territory, FCT as well as Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Kaduna and Sokoto states in the "solidarity trials", an international clinical… Read more »
InFocus
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A total of 5,162 COVID-19 cases have been recorded as at May 14, 2020, and if the government's lockdown regulations, social distancing and the wearing of masks are not followed by ... Read more »
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"The novel coronavirus has spread to virtually every corner of the world. The global community should harness that same interconnectedness to curb the spread of this ... Read more »
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"The African continent offers many of the best conditions for conducting clinical trials. It has a diverse population of potential patients, and many have not been previously ... Read more »
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At the daily Presidential Task Force COVID-19 briefing, federal government secretary Boss Mustapha said the extension would be effective until June 1, 2020. Abuja and Lagos and ... Read more »
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