The Nigeria Medical Association has debunked claims on social media that chloroquine phosphate is a cure for coronavirus, aka COVID-19, saying the anti-malaria drug is not a proven antidote.But the NMA President, Dr. Adedayo Faduyile, in a telephone interview with The PUNCH, stated that researchers had not “established” chloroquine as a remedy for the pandemic disease.
Faduyile also noted that there was no chloroquine in the country since its use was stopped several years ago after the malaria parasite developed a resistance to the drug.
He said, “It has not been established and, again, chloroquine is not one of the drugs in the country because it has always been for the treatment of malaria and they are not using it for malaria (anymore). So, that is the situation.
“(My advice) is just for us to be careful against coronavirus and to guard against it coming into the country.”
source: Punch
