Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
Media mogul, Raymond Dokpesi, has demanded explanations from medical experts on what type of disease coronavirus really is.<\/p>\n
There have been debates across the world over the similarities of the illness to malaria.<\/p>\n
This has led to warnings against the use of a malaria drug Chloroquine by health officials and bodies.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) restated its warning about the medication.<\/p>\n
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC Director-General, said: \u201cNobody should buy chloroquine and use. If you have COVID-19, go to a doctor. We have warned Nigerians, do not take chloroquine\u201d.<\/p>\n
But after he was discharged, Dokpesi, the founder of DAAR Communications, owners of African Independent Television (AIT) and RayPower FM, declared that he was confused.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI still have doubts in my mind and I need to be educated. What\u2019s the difference between COVID-19 and malaria? Every drug we were given were malaria medications.<\/p>\n
\u201cA number of persons who tested positive were checked in reputable labs, hospitals in Abuja and were found to have malaria parasites in their bloodstreams. When did malaria become synonymous with COVID-19?\u201d<\/p>\n
DAILY POST reports that for now, the only authorized treatment for the pandemic is Remdesivir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Africa Press-Nigeria: Media mogul, Raymond Dokpesi, has demanded explanations from medical experts on what type of disease coronavirus really is. There have been debates across the world over the similarities of the illness to malaria. This has led to warnings against the use of a malaria drug Chloroquine by health officials and bodies. On Thursday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":25122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[1453,1498],"class_list":["post-25120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-coronavirus-in-nigeria","tag-nafdac"],"yoast_head":"\n