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  • 2020-05-20 (xsd:date)
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  • Nigeria’s Cov-herbal cough mixture not a cure for Covid-19 (en)
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  • The headline of an article circulating on social media claims that the Nigerian government has found a cure for Covid-19 . Finally, Nigerian Government Finds Cure For Covid-19, it reads. The article has been shared on Facebook more than 1,200 times and debated in close to 100 comments. Nigeria had nearly 6,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 by 18 May 2020. Has the country now found a cure for the disease? Misleading headline The article itself does not mention a Covid-19 cure. It is about a memo from the permanent secretary of the federal health ministry , Abdulaziz Abdullahi, to the director general of the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control , Prof Mojisola Adeyeye. The memo discusses a medicine for the coughs of Covid-19 patients. Dated 28 April , it is titled: Formulation of a phyto medicine cough mixture/syrup for the management of Covid-19 patients by Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Department of the ministry. It was widely reported in Nigeria’s mainstream media. The memo says the Cov-herbal cough mixture is made of garlic, onions, ginger, West African black pepper and baobab fruit. The memo doesn’t claim the mixture can cure Covid-19. It only suggests the medicine can help manage the coughs of Covid-19 patients. No cure for Covid-19 has yet been found. The World Health Organization says : While some western, traditional or home remedies may provide comfort and alleviate symptoms of mild Covid-19, there are no medicines that have been shown to prevent or cure the disease. (en)
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