The Bauchi State Health Commissioner Dr. Aliyu Maigoro has revealed that the use of chlorouqine, an anti-malaria drug, helped in the recovery of six COVID-19 patients in the state.
Dr. Maigoro made this known while speaking with newsmen on Sunday, he said that Governor Bala Mohammed got cured of the virus after using chloroquine, thus backing the governor’s stand on chloroquine treatment.
Stating further, Dr Maigoro said that five other patients who were discharged about two weeks ago after the governor’s recovery were also given a dose of the anti-malaria drug.
“As the governor rightly stated at the briefing, the same chloroquine treatment was also applied as treatment for the other five patients who were discharged after the governor’s recovery.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ( NCDC) had earlier declared that chloroquine has not been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for treatment of COVID-19.