COVID-19: Nigeria records 352 cases Friday as WHO approves new drugs for treatment

Nigeria on Friday heaved a little sigh of relief from the rampaging coronavirus pandemic as the country recorded no fresh fatality from the virus and just 352 new infections., the country had consistently recorded higher figure of infections and increased fatalities.

The WHO disclosed this in a statement published on its website on Friday, noting that the extent to which these medicines will save lives depends on their availability and affordability.The latest statistics released by the NCDC early Saturday morning revealed that the fresh cases were reported across eight states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory .

The disease centre also noted that a total of 223,495 people have been successfully treated and discharged in Nigeria.The breakdown of the NCDC data revealed that Rivers State topped the infection chart with 119 cases, and is closely followed by Lagos State, the epicentre of the disease, with 106 cases.Next is Delta and Kaduna states with 16 and 14 cases respectively, while Oyo and Taraba States reported five cases each.

The global body said the baricitinib is part of a class of drugs called Janus kinase inhibitors that suppress the overstimulation of the immune system. The statement further reads: “Sotrovimab is an alternative to casirivimab-imdevimab, a monoclonal antibody cocktail recommended by WHO in September 2021

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