Some hospitals in Lagos state have been receiving patients suffering from chloroquine poisoning, according to Gboyega Akosile, chief press secretary to the governor.

Quoting Oreoluwa Finnih, senior special assistant to the governor on health, Akosile warned people against massive consumption of chloroquine as a measure to fight coronavirus.

The demand for chloroquine, an oral artemisinin-based monotherapies (oAMTs) for malaria treatment, soared a few hours after President Donald Trump said the drug had been approved to treat COVID-19.

But Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, contradicted the American president, saying the agency was still working to examine all possibilities.

TheCable had reported how residents trooped to pharmaceutical stores across Lagos and Abuja on Thursday evening to purchase the drug.

In a tweet on Friday, Akosile warned people against harming themselves through the indiscriminate use of the drug.

“Hospitals now receiving patients suffering from Chloroquine Poisoning, says Gov @jidesanwoolu’s SSA on Health, Dr @Oreoluwa_Finnih. She urged people against massive consumption of Chloroquine as a measure to fight #Coronavirus,” he tweeted.


Earlier, health experts had dismissed speculations that the drug could be used in fighting the virus.





https://www.thecable.ng/alert-lagos-hospitals-now-treating-patients-suffering-from-chloroquine-poisoning

Nigerians always hyper. Just look at this. Smh

I said it before, this virus will not kill us but ignorance cum illiteracy.

Ghenghen ghenghen...eshinshin don carry ponmo..what do we call dis one now chloroquine-vid
This is what happens when a country don't trust their health care system, dey just want to look for means to stay alive to avoid being in situations where u know u can't get a better health care..chai this is really vision2020 scenario

RIP

I don't believe it.

Nigerians and their over sabi, even Americans were not reported anywhere behaving this foolish.
If anyone loses his life to this, we'll start writing RIP, maybe that's what they want

Because someone said chloroquine is the answer them rush go buy am

blame that US monkey for that...

Egungun be careful nah express you dey go

Blame social media misinformation. Someone may have gone about saying taking chloroquine is a preventive measure against the virus whereas it's reportedly for treatment for those who are already infected.

Chloroquine that is itchy.

Abusing Chloroquine like tramadol.. 3daful

Ignorance is worst that Coronavirus

We like to over-do for this country.

sarrki:
Egungun be careful nah express you dey go

Motor already don jam egungun na why those people landed in hospital..

MrBrownJay1:
blame that US monkey for that...

You are the shallow one here , Trump never said it had been approved , but said it held great promise and that's true !!! He never told any idiot to go and start self medicating on high doses ...Trump was being a good leader by giving his people hope when they needed ..

You love to hate Trump but

He is smarter than you are by far
He is richer than all the men in your lineage put together in the last 3 thousand years .
He owns skyscrapers and you own nothing
He has ran successful Businesses and projects and you have ran non.
He is taller than you are .
When he was your age he was more handsome than you
He has knacked better women than you
He won the US presidency at first try and you can't even win secretary of your estate .
He children are better brought up than all the kids in your lineage
He has been a Billionaire 4 times in one lifetime and your lineage hasnt even produced one dollar millionaire in 3 thousand years .

Dude you ain't got nothing on Donald Trump , he is not your mate so stay in your lane !!!