{"id":218033,"date":"2020-05-12T08:05:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T07:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=218033"},"modified":"2020-05-12T08:05:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T07:05:37","slug":"fg-names-lagos-five-other-cities-for-who-covid-19-drug-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=218033","title":{"rendered":"FG Names Lagos, Five Other Cities For WHO COVID-19 Drug Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Nigerian Government has said that Lagos, FCT, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto and Kano have enrolled on the World Health Organisation treatment regimen on solidarity drug trial.<br \/>\n<span class=\"container container-pod container-pod-short\"><span class=\"adunit-parent hide block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The solidarity trial, which is an international clinical trial, is part of the WHO efforts to develop effective treatment regimen and vaccines to combat COVID-19 in the shortest possible time.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made this known on Monday in Abuja, during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/storage\/2020\/05\/Nigerian-Government-Names-Lagos-Five-Other-Cities-For-WHO-COVID-19-Drug-Trial.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ehanire said that as at Sunday, the country had ramped up testing by additional 1,127 to make a total of 27,078 tests, which yielded 4,399 cases in 35 States, with a gender ratio of 70 to 30 per cent for men and women.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cFederal Government is cooperating with the WHO on treatment regimen solidarity trial with the following states enrolled; Lagos, FCT, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto and Kano.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs at the end of Monday, Nigeria has ramped up testing by 1,127 to a total of 27,078 tests, which yielded 4,399 cases in 35 States, with a gender ratio of 70 to 30 percent for men and women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKogi and Cross River states have not reported any cases, but we are optimistic that we can work with the state Health Ministry to validate this in due course when we engage the state authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA team from the Ministry of Health, made up of experts from various specialties including the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is on standby to proceed to Calabar as soon as travel arrangements can be made, taking with them resource to support the health system.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Government has said that Lagos, FCT, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto and Kano have enrolled on the World Health Organisation treatment regimen on solidarity drug trial. 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