Nigeria has declared that the Madagascar COVID-19 herb syrup
did not show any evidence that it could cure COVID-19.
The federal government also confirmed that nearly 248,000
Nigerians have been tested for the virus.
Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, spoke on Thursday in
Abuja at the 52nd Joint National Briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF).
He said the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research
and Development (NIPRD) has shared its final report on the evaluation of the
COVID Organics from Madagascar.
The minister disclosed that the initial report showed that
its main ingredient is the same as Artemisia.
“While the preparation at high dose showed activity in
reducing the frequency of cough, it did not show any evidence that it has real
curative properties against COVID-19,” he said.
Ehanire assured that the government will continue to support
all genuine efforts toward finding local COVID-19 cures.
On coronavirus cases, he observed that daily record over the
past weeks now fluctuate within the 500 to 700 bracket.
He said, We can rightly assume from the exponentially
increasing numbers that the pool of potentially infectious persons in the
community is rising.”
Ehanire said the Ministry of Health, through the Nigeria
Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), now has 59 molecular diagnostic laboratories
for COVID-19 tests.
He disclosed that all States and the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT) were receiving financial support from the COVID-19 response
through the Regional Diseases Surveillance Enhancement (REDISSE) Project.
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