The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said not all patients of coronavirus required medication.
Ehanire disclosed this on Tuesday at the routine briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 in Abuja.
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The minister stated this against the backdrop of reports that some patients in isolation centres were not on any form of drug.
He added that the government is involved in the areas of treatment and vaccines saying: “Yes, we are participating in clinical trials and these trials involve pharmaceuticals. In Lagos and Abuja, we are using things, which the WHO set up, a system called solidaity, to study the efficacy of certain drugs in treating COVID-19. Among them are hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, which were said to have been successful in some countries, though we didn’t see the impact. Chloroquine and artemether, I’m sure, will be among them.
“We are not doing vaccine tests. We are not enrolled in any vaccine trials because the processes have not been developed enough for them to be safe. Once they are developed well enough, we may consider taking part.”
