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Japan Consent to Remdesivir For COVID-19 Treatment
Japan on Thursday sanction the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients, the government said, with an eye to approve another medication Avigan this month.
This makes Japan the second country to US on approving the drug after US authorised it on Friday for emergency use against severe cases of COVID-19.
“Remdesivir was approved under exceptional measures,” a health, labour and welfare ministry official said.
“It was our country’s first such approval for the treatment of coronavirus patients,” the official told AFP.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said last week the government was getting ready to give a welcome to the experimental drug developed by US firm Gilead Sciences.
“The US go-ahead came after a major clinical trial showed remdesivir — originally developed to treat Ebola — shortened the time to recovery in some patients by a third.”
Remdesivir, which is administered by injection, was already made available to some patients who are in clinical trials around the world.
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Nigeria Confirms 381 New COVID-19 Cases, Toll of Infections Now 3,526
Nigeria has confirmed 381 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the Toll of the country’s infections to 3,526.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC), confirmed this in a tweet on Thursday. This happen to be the highest number of cases confirmed in a single day in the country.
Of the new cases, 183 are in Lagos, 55 are in Kano, 44 in Jigawa while 19 each are in Zamfara and Bauchi.
11 are in Katsina, nine in Borno, eight in Kwara, seven in Kaduna, six in Gombe, five in Ogun, four in Sokoto, three in Oyo and in Rivers, two in Niger and one each in Akwa-Ibom, Enugu and Plateau states.
The recent figures come amidst distress about the level of conformity with the steps put forward by the Federal Government for easing the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory.
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