The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has disclosed the drug used in treating COVID-19 patients in Nigeria as Remdesivir.
Although there might not be definite medication for treating the novel Coronavirus, Nigeria has come up with a workable drugs that have proved potent.
This was revealed on Tuesday to the House of Representatives.
“We have been using that (Remdesivir); we have tried that in Lagos too. So, we have tried the anti-retroviral drug to see what effect it has” he said
The Minister said the drug which was originally developed as a potential treatment for Ebola, is one of the options which Nigeria has adopted for in treating COVID-19 patients.
Remdesivir was tested in 1,063 hospitalized Coronavirus patients around the world and has proven to reduce the time it takes patients to recover by 31%. 11 days on average versus 15 days for those just given usual care.
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