Olorunnimbe Mamora

COVID-19- FG Clashes With WHO Over Use Of Chloroquine

COVID-19: FG Clashes With WHO Over Use Of Chloroquine

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said the World Health Organisation (WHO) cannot dictate how the country fights the COVID-19 pandemic.

WHO on Monday, announced the suspension of the solidarity trial with hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 patients.

The Director-General of the health agency, Tedros Ghebreyesus, explained that it was due to safety concerns.

But a day later, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) insisted Nigeria would continue the trial with hydroxychloroquine.

Mamora, speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on