{"id":72398,"date":"2020-03-21T05:57:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T04:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=72398"},"modified":"2020-03-21T05:57:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T04:57:24","slug":"covid-19-nigeria-reports-chloroquine-poisonings-after-trump-touts-antimalarial-drug-as-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/covid-19-nigeria-reports-chloroquine-poisonings-after-trump-touts-antimalarial-drug-as-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Nigeria reports chloroquine poisonings after Trump touts antimalarial drug as treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1661735588166196811\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Authorities in \u00a0Lagos said on Friday that hospitals had seen cases of chloroquine poisoning after US President Donald Trump touted the drug as a treatment against the coronavirus.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Trump said during a press conference on Thursday that the antimalarial drug had been \u201capproved\u201d to treat Covid-19 by the US Food and Drug Administration, only for the head of the agency to push back and say it had not yet been given a definitive green light.<\/p>\n<p>The drug has recently been used to treat coronavirus patients in China and in France, where some researchers said it showed great promise, though scientists agree that only more trials would determine if it really works and is safe.<\/p>\n<p>Health officials in Lagos said that there had already been claims online pushing chloroquine as a treatment and that Trump\u2019s message had seen interest surge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>In the last few days, we\u2019ve seen a lot of messages going around on social media about chloroquine being a cure for coronavirus and in some parts of Lagos, it was no longer available,\u201d said Ore Awokoya, senior special assistant to the Lagos state governor on health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut after Donald Trump\u2019s statement it took another dimension, people were massively queuing in front of the pharmacies to buy chloroquine.\u201d<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>She describe the rush to take the drug as \u201cworrying\u201d given that people were \u201cself-medicating without any sort of guidance\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in \u00a0Lagos said on Friday that hospitals had seen cases of chloroquine poisoning after US President Donald Trump touted the drug as a treatment against the coronavirus. 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