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Health / Re: JUST IN: COVID-19 Experimental Drug Fails Human Trial by phylshan: 2:53pm On Apr 24, 2020
MyFlair:
This is a treatment drug not a vaccine. Oga
A vaccine is around the corner
Sorry. It's been modified. Thanks
Health / Re: JUST IN: COVID-19 Experimental Drug Fails Human Trial by phylshan: 2:51pm On Apr 24, 2020
bolseas:
Op correct your title. Is it drug or vaccine?.. do the needful please angry
Thanks. Already modified

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Health / Re: JUST IN: COVID-19 Experimental Drug Fails Human Trial by phylshan: 2:51pm On Apr 24, 2020
ijayopi:
Your headline says "Trial Vaccine" your story says "Trial Drugs" are you aware they are different items? We keep getting things mixed up just for traffic.
Mistake noted
Health / Re: JUST IN: COVID-19 Experimental Drug Fails Human Trial by phylshan: 2:50pm On Apr 24, 2020
Skmoda:

it's not a vaccine at all, that op is mad...they are only trying to use EBOLA drugs to cure covid-19 which is redemvisir(antiviral drug)
No need. I mistakenly used the word drug in the title, you only needed to draw my attention to it.
Health / Re: JUST IN: COVID-19 Experimental Drug Fails Human Trial by phylshan: 8:35am On Apr 24, 2020
grin
Millenniumlady:
Nigga get the fu*k out of my mention
Health / Re: JUST IN: COVID-19 Experimental Drug Fails Human Trial by phylshan: 8:34am On Apr 24, 2020
Really getting confused over this virus
Health / JUST IN: COVID-19 Experimental Drug Fails Human Trial by phylshan: 7:59am On Apr 24, 2020
COVID-19: Experimental drug remdesivir failed in human trial —Punch Newspaper
Published April 23, 2020



The experimental antiviral drug remdesivir has failed in its first randomized clinical trial to treat the COVID-19 illness, reports said Thursday, quoting draft documents that were accidentally published by the World Health Organization.


Gilead Sciences, the company behind the medicine, disputed how the now-deleted post had characterized the findings, saying the data showed a “potential benefit.”

The Financial Times reported that researchers in China carried out a study on 237 patients, giving the drug to 158 and comparing their progress with a control group of 79.

A summary of the experiment said remdesivir was “not associated with a difference in time to clinical improvement” compared to the control, according to health news site Stat, which posted a screenshot.


After a month, 13.9 percent of the patients on remdesivir had died compared to 12.8 per cent of those in the control group.


A spokesman for Gilead told AFP: “We believe the post included inappropriate characterizations of the study,” saying it was terminated early due to low enrollment and was therefore not statistically meaningful.

“As such, the study results are inconclusive, though trends in the data suggest a potential benefit for remdesivir, particularly among patients treated early in disease,” he said.

The study does not represent the final word on the matter and there are several large-scale trials in advanced stages that should soon provide a clearer picture.


Remdesivir, which is administered intravenously, was among the first drugs mooted as a treatment for the novel coronavirus and as such has great hopes riding on it.

Last week, Stat reported it had shown significant efficacy at a Chicago hospital where patients who are part of one of the major trials are being treated.

The US National Institutes for Health also reported it had proven effective in a small experiment on monkeys.


Remdesivir belongs to a class of drugs that act on the virus directly — as opposed to controlling the abnormal and often lethal autoimmune response it causes.

It mimics one of the four building blocks of RNA and DNA and gets absorbed into the virus’s genome, which in turn stops the pathogen from replicating.

AFP.
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Politics / Re: Abba Kyari Is Dead! by phylshan: 3:48am On Apr 18, 2020
RIP
Health / Covid-19: Prophet Calls On Present Buhari To Assemble Cases For Healing by phylshan: 3:16pm On Apr 10, 2020
A popular Calabar-based prophet popularly known as My Father My Father has asked Buhari to assemble all those who tested positive for COVID-19 in Lagos where he will come to heal them through prayers.

Health / Re: FACT-CHECK: Is Coronavirus Caused By 5G Technology? by phylshan: 10:51am On Apr 05, 2020
The world is gradually coming to an end, when it gets to 6G that's the time.
Politics / COVID-19: Benue State Executive Council Members Donate Salaries by phylshan: 12:58pm On Apr 04, 2020
Members of the Benue State Executive Council have donated 33% of their salaries each as part of their contribution to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Already the State has record an index case. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Terver Akase announced the decision via the State Government website.

Politics / Re: COVID-19: Wike Lifts Curfew, Suspension Of Council Boss by phylshan: 6:49pm On Apr 03, 2020
Guliver:
Idiot man
Haba!
Politics / Re: COVID-19: Wike Lifts Curfew, Suspension Of Council Boss by phylshan: 6:32pm On Apr 03, 2020
NwaNimo1:
Bully boy....but it is well.
Action man is what I see
Politics / COVID-19: Wike Lifts Curfew, Suspension Of Council Boss by phylshan: 6:19pm On Apr 03, 2020
State governor, Nyesom Wike, has lifted the curfew imposed on Education bus-stop to Agip Junction along Ikwerre Road and Obiri Ikwerre Junction to Ozuoba, Rumualogu and Choba.

This takes effect from Friday, April 3, 2020.

Governor Wike also lifted the suspension of the chairman and deputy chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.

He announced these decisions during a statewide broadcast on Thursday.

He said, “With effect from April 3, 2020, the 24 hours curfew imposed from Education bus-stop to Agip Junction along Ikwerre Road and Obiri Ikwerre Junction to Ozuoba, Rumualogu and Choba has been lifted.

“All borders and markets in the state remain closed.

“Following the interventions of some well-meaning citizens of the state, the suspension of the chairman and deputy chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area has been lifted.

“However, this should serve as a warning to local government chairmen and traditional rulers who allow markets to open in their areas.”
Source: SaharaReporters

Politics / Re: Panic In Warri As Army Threatens To Rape And Infect Women With HIV by phylshan: 6:15pm On Apr 03, 2020
Area!
Politics / Panic In Warri As Army Threatens To Rape And Infect Women With HIV by phylshan: 6:05pm On Apr 03, 2020
Nigerian Army Personnel Threaten To Rape, Infect Women With HIV After Death Of Colleague
In the 26-second long video, two unidentified soldiers could be seen swearing at the people of Warri and promising them a tormenting experience for daring to take the life of their colleague.
Source: SaharaReporters

Health / Re: COVID-19: I Am Not Positive - Susan Idoko-Okpe, Benue Index Case Cries Out by phylshan: 2:29pm On Mar 30, 2020
Ray97:
i came back from school situated in northern nigeria. Before then i had sore throat although not severe. The day i was to travel down to makurdi there were rumours in school that a paticular student had the virus and some how i might have come in contact with a person that was in contact with the susposed index student patient. I got scared the more when half way through the journey i became feverish and the sore throat persisted. On reaching makurdi i asked my siblings to direct me to a virus testing facility. The cautioned me that benue has non and that if i go the the teaching hospital to report my symptoms i'll be apprehended and dubbed as "patient zero" without proper testing and confirmation. I was shocked. I didnt go for the test. After sleeping for several hours i was fine. The sore throat and fever were gone. Apperantly it may be just comon cold and the fact that i was stressed while traveling. The lady might be clean after all. I dont believe she was tested of covid-19 and it came out positive.
The State Government said her sample was taken to Abuja and tested from where she was confirmed positive.

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Health / Re: COVID-19: I Am Not Positive - Susan Idoko-Okpe, Benue Index Case Cries Out by phylshan: 1:34pm On Mar 30, 2020
Nairasurplus:
That means she was not tested properly of corona virus before she was pronounced positive of corona virus.
Many questions to ask
Health / Re: COVID-19: I Am Not Positive - Susan Idoko-Okpe, Benue Index Case Cries Out by phylshan: 1:33pm On Mar 30, 2020
ukukaegbu:
Can't we follow normal procedures for once?
Health / Re: COVID-19: I Am Not Positive - Susan Idoko-Okpe, Benue Index Case Cries Out by phylshan: 1:33pm On Mar 30, 2020
densiks:

How can such a serious matter be so trivialized in this country.
We are indeed in a state of emergency

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Health / Re: COVID-19: I Am Not Positive - Susan Idoko-Okpe, Benue Index Case Cries Out by phylshan: 12:41pm On Mar 30, 2020
densiks:


Everything can be so trivialized in this country.
That's our country for you ooh

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Health / Re: COVID-19: I Am Not Positive - Susan Idoko-Okpe, Benue Index Case Cries Out by phylshan: 12:25pm On Mar 30, 2020
HazardMan:
The news is from facebook, and from your screenshot you don't have enough data to confirm if the news is fake or true
Ok. I have now added what Aljazirah News has also reported about the case

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Health / Re: COVID-19: I Am Not Positive - Susan Idoko-Okpe, Benue Index Case Cries Out by phylshan: 12:09pm On Mar 30, 2020
HazardMan:
The news is from facebook, and from your screenshot you don't have enough data to confirm if the news is fake or true
I'm on ground in Makurdi. Have been following the case even before it was announced by the Governor. You can call anyone in Makurdi.

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Health / COVID-19: I Am Not Positive - Susan Idoko-Okpe, Benue Index Case Cries Out by phylshan: 11:58am On Mar 30, 2020
As Shered by Ankor Kenneth Terwase

"I AM NOT COVID-19 POSITIVE, HELP ME NIGERIANS "

~ Susan Idoko- Okpe(Nee: Lawani), the Benue Index Case Patient Insists, Cries Out for Help in Abandonment

"I would like the whole world to please, appeal to whoever is concerned to move me out of here, am not trying to gain cheap publicity as been trendy for days on social media, I have kept my cool, but am now sick with swollen gums, being stooling throughout the night, no nurses or medical attention, my crime is that am a British who came into Nigeria particularly Benue State felt feverish took myself for check up because I have travelled longer than usual.

After examinations I was told by the doctor my temperature was high and I said keep me for observations as I did not experience any before I left London, passed from Lagos to Abuja my temperature was like any other passenger, was being monitored by the authorities.

Back to my self presentation and request for isolation which was done, I was told by the doctors that the standard procedure was to call for a test from the state ministry of health of which two gentle men came to do a throat and nose swoop.

After two days by now my temperature has normalised from 38:2 to 36:4. The records are there to be verified.

Only to be told by the doctor after asking why am I still kept in the hospital, a friend now came in to tell me that a press conference is being done with my name that I have Covid-19 on air on social media without my knowledge. I went mad as a human being and demanded to see the medical director who told me he was fighting for me.


How, why and for what and with who I don’t understand, still fuming the next thing was armed men, ambulance and a siege round the hospital for me to be removed for what I don’t know, as someone who knows the principles of the law weather it works in Nigeria or not I can’t tell I said I was not moving without a reason, I was surrounded and to stop the embarrassment to my family and poor junior sister who I think is not fair on, I went down to speak with the duty governor for thirty minutes and he assured me I was safe, will be cared for, though not sick with any symptoms, also that the following day the health commissioner and medical doctors from the state will come and see me.

I told him that if the state is insisting that am ill I should be taken to Abuja to be tested. I have never in my life seen a staged played drama with human life and politics like this before.

I want the world, Nigerians, Benue state to hear my side and verify am not a Covid-19 positive left my children behind in London they are healthy till this moment, AM CRYING OUT I NEED HELP AM TRAUMATISED, NOW SLEEPLESS FREQUENTING THE TOILET, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY BECOMING SCARED FOR MY LIFE MY CHILDREN NEED ME PLEASE WHO CAN HELP, my children are on the phone crying everyday I have only God as I speake am in BSUTH Markudi.

I am SUSAN IDOKOOKPE (NEE LAWANI) I am mentally drained don’t know when this will end.this is not how to treat an innocent person. Nigerians and Britons please come to my AID."

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Health / Re: COVID-19: See The Identity Of Benue Index Case (PHOTOS). by phylshan: 6:26pm On Mar 28, 2020
Jman06:
All these people that came into the country from Europe, America and China within the last 2 weeks should please do the country and world a favour by self-isolating!

They should realize that this COVID-19 is not a death sentence as many infected people survive and develop immunity against the virus. Let them consider the plight of our aged people, those in ICU and all those with compromised immune system.
How some people still travel to these countries and returns home in the midst of the outbreak beats my imagination. Refusal to self isolate is evil and wicked

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Health / Re: COVID-19: See The Identity Of Benue Index Case (PHOTOS). by phylshan: 5:48pm On Mar 28, 2020
chatinent:
Why blurring her face? Fake news too dey sweet you ba?
Check the pictures now. Her face now revealed
Health / Re: COVID-19: See The Identity Of Benue Index Case (PHOTOS). by phylshan: 5:42pm On Mar 28, 2020
grin.
illitrate:
Nobi the babe wey I carry for airport go nyash be that? shocked

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Health / Re: COVID-19: See The Identity Of Benue Index Case (PHOTOS). by phylshan: 4:56pm On Mar 28, 2020
chatinent:
Why blurring her face? Fake news too dey sweet you ba?
Which one is fake? The news, the name or the picture?
Health / COVID-19: See The Identity Of Benue Index Case (PHOTOS). by phylshan: 4:43pm On Mar 28, 2020
Susan Okpe, a UK returnee is the first victim of COVID-19 in Benue State. She returned from UK last week.
Addressing the press over the index case, Governor Samuel Ortom stressed that the essence of revealing the identity of the victim is to help those who had close contact with her to sef-isolate and present themselves for testing. Hope the Federal Government learns from this.

Politics / Iranian Leader Criticizes Buhari Over COVIK 1-9 Pronunciation, Trends On Twitter by phylshan: 10:46am On Mar 28, 2020
Anti-'Boo-hari' tweet by Iranian topples coronavirus on Nigeria Twitter trends

Despite the coronavirus pandemic dominating news and social media spaces since the last few weeks, there is a ‘competitor’ that on Friday dethroned coronavirus to become the top Twitter trend in Nigeria.

Mohammed Tawhidi threw jibes at Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian president, and whiles at it he has generated a heated debate among Nigerians. Tawhidi, a self acclaimed Imam of Peace, is an Iranian currently living in Australia.

When he posted a tweet mocking the Nigerian leader early on Friday, it is likely that he could not have anticipated the reactions that it was to trigger. His initial post referenced Buhari’s only known video address till date on the coronavirus.

In the said video released on March 22, Buhari is heard stressing that COVID-19 was a key government priority and everything was been done to protest citizens from the virus.


“The President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari still doesn’t know the name of the virus killing 24,000+ at such a rapid rate. Addressing the nation about it for the first time, he pronounced the virus as ‘CIVIK 1-9’,” Tawhidi wrote in his first tweet.

His continued use of the term
#PresidentCovik has also been a top trend on Nigeria Twitter. As many reactions as his post generates, he continues to fire responses at Nigerians, some of who are known critics of the government but are asking him to respect the country.


Imam of Peace

@Imamofpeace
I love Nigeria. I have one Nigerian friend and she’s amazing. One of the most successful and honest people I know. I also welcome my new Nigerian followers on Twitter.

You have a beautiful country but it would be more beautiful without the terrorism enabled by Dictator Buhari.

According to Tawhidi, Nigeria was in its current predicament because of Buhari citing corruption and inter-faith clashes. In the case of the latter he blamed it on “Weak leadership of Buhari” who he described as a “Failed President” who had “No realistic agenda to tackle Jihadists.”

Two former government appointees and known critics of Buhari have since backed him. Reno Omokri, an aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan and Femi Fani-Kayode, a former aviation minister backed Tawhidi againt Buhari in tweets.

But the ‘Imam’ has gotten a good measure of responses as much as praises for his views. Most people have exposed his as a fraud who has long been unraveled by the western media for his clandestine and parochial agenda. A member of the presidency pulled up chats supposed to be of Tawhidi seeking audience with Buhari years back.

The last time Buhari was seen was on Thursday evening when an aide on new media posted a photo of the president working at his office in the presidency. That tweet birthed a hashtag #BuhariChallenge where tweeps sought to rubbish the post.


Johannes Tobi W.

@Johannxs
@Imamofpeace is a conman & jobber. Last year he reached out to me seeking audience with the President, that he could negotiate with IMN’s Zakzaky for the gov’t. His move was suspicious and questionable. His attack on Pres. Buhari is nothing short of cowardice & blackmail.
Source: Today News Africa
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Health / LUTH Sends Man Away After Testing Positive To COVD-19 For Lack Of Bed Space by phylshan: 10:51am On Mar 27, 2020
: 10:23am
EXCLUSIVE: Lagos University Teaching Hospital Sends Away Man Who Tested Positive For Coronavirus Over Lack Of Bed Space

Benson, who had hoped to be quarantined and treated at LUTH after being tested at the government-owned hospital on March 21, was asked to go back home over lack of bed space to admit him at the facility.
Benson, who had hoped to be quarantined and treated at LUTH after being tested at the government-owned hospital on March 21, was asked to go back home over lack of bed space to admit him at the facility.

SaharaReporters gathered that since the refusal of LUTH to admit Benson, he had returned home and continued his normal life.

“He moved to and from LUTH through public transportation.

“He has been mingling freely with people,” a friend to the young man told SaharaReporters on Thursday.

When contacted by SaharaReporters on Thursday night after his mobile number was supplied to one of our correspondents, Benson indeed confirmed that he tested positive for the virus and was not admitted to LUTH for treatment by medical personnel.

He disclosed that he went for the test after coming in contact with the two UK returnees at a dinner party in Lagos last week.

When asked if money was demanded from him before the test was conducted, Benson refused to open up, instead saying that he does not want unnecessary attention.

While chatting with one of our correspondents on social networking platform, Whatsapp, Benson, who expressed fear of being stigmatised should his story be published, quickly deleted his display photo on his profile.

He was standing with an unidentified person in the photo where both men were wearing tags over their necks.

He said, “I am at home on self-isolation now.

"I had the test at LUTH even though the queue was too long.

“Some of the medical staff I spoke with later advised me to go home and self-isolate.

"They said I should get back to them after 14 days or that in seven days they might call to check my progress.

"I was infected at a dinner party organised for the two men who returned to Nigeria from the UK.

"I went for the test on March 21."

When asked if he had attempted to contact the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control to notify them of his situation and probably seek help, Benson said, “I have called the NCDC lines several times but they are not picking up the call.”

To further give credence to Benson's situation, the NCDC on Thursday night announced 12 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Lagos out of the total 14 detected in the country.

Nigeria now has 65 confirmed cases of the virus and one recorded death.

Testing kits for the virus are being used for politicians and their families while ordinary Nigerians with symptoms of the pandemic are being left to their fates.

Till date, less than 200 persons have been tested for the virus in Nigeria despite Lagos alone having a population of over 20 million persons.

An official of the Nigerian Medical Association told SaharaReporters that the number of confirmed cases declared by NCDC was far below the real figure, adding that there were already hundreds of citizens infected with Coronavirus walking and freely mixing up with others thus increasing the risk of a further spread.

BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK MAR 26, 2020

See link here http://saharareporters.com/2020/03/26/exclusive-lagos-university-teaching-hospital-sends-away-man-who-tested-positive

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