Some hospitals in Lagos state have been receiving patients
suffering from chloroquine poisoning, according to Gboyega Akosile, chief press
secretary to the governor.
Quoting Oreoluwa Finnih, senior special assistant to the
governor on health, Akosile warned people against massive consumption of
chloroquine as a measure to fight coronavirus.
The demand for chloroquine, an oral artemisinin-based
monotherapies (oAMTs) for malaria treatment, soared a few hours after President
Donald Trump said the drug had been approved to treat COVID-19.
But Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the US Food and Drug
Administration, contradicted the American president, saying the agency was
still working to examine all possibilities.
NE had reported how residents trooped to
pharmaceutical stores across Lagos and Abuja on Thursday evening to purchase
the drug.
In a tweet on Friday, Akosile warned people against harming
themselves through the indiscriminate use of the drug.
“Hospitals now receiving patients suffering from Chloroquine
Poisoning, says Gov @jidesanwoolu’s SSA on Health, Dr @Oreoluwa_Finnih. She
urged people against massive consumption of Chloroquine as a measure to fight
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