02/03//20
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DANIELS G.O
THE BIO- RESOURCES INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA (BION) SAYS IT HAS DISCOVERED A POTENTIAL DRUG FOR THE TREATMENT OF COVID-19 VIRUS.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED ON MONDAY 3RD MARCH 2020 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE PROFESSOR MAURICE IWU DURING A VISIT WITH A GROUP OF SOME SCIENTISTS TO PRESENT THE DISCOVERY TO THE MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DR ONU OGBONANYA,MINISTER OF HEALTH OSAGIE EHINARE AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH DOCTOR OLORUNIMBE MAMORA IN ABUJA.
NIGERIA RECORDED THE FIRST CASE OF THE VIRUS IN AFRICA,AND NOW FOLLOWING UP OVER FIFTY PERSONS SAID TO HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH THE INDEX CASE,WHICH WAS BROUGHT IN BY AN ITALIAN CITIZEN LAST WEEK.
WITH GLOBAL DEATH TOLL FROM THE DISEASE NOW OVER THREE THOUSAND, THE NOVEL COVID-19 VIRUS THAT STARTED FROM WUHAN IN DECEMBER 2019,NO DOUBT HAS BECOME A GLOBAL THREAT AND CAUSE FOR SERIOUS CONCERN.