{"id":7177,"date":"2020-03-25T15:55:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T15:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7177"},"modified":"2020-03-25T15:55:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T15:55:07","slug":"ncdc-speaks-on-using-chloroquine-to-treat-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7177","title":{"rendered":"NCDC Speaks On Using Chloroquine To Treat Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/politicsnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Coronavirus-microbes-780x405.jpg\" alt=\"NCDC Speaks On Using Chloroquine To Treat Coronavirus\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has advised Nigerians not to use chloroquine and its derivatives to treat the coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The health agency made this known in a post on its official twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCDC stated that the use of chloroquine to treat the virus is yet to be approved or validated, warning Nigerians against self-medication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wrote: \u201cPlease remember that the use of chloroquine and its derivatives for the management of coronavirus disease has NOT been validated and approved<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSelf-medication can cause harm and lead to death. Do not misuse drugs\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has advised Nigerians not to use chloroquine and its derivatives to treat the coronavirus (COVID-19). The health agency made this known in a post on its official twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Wednesday. NCDC stated that the use of chloroquine to treat the virus is yet to be approved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NCDC Speaks On Using Chloroquine To Treat Coronavirus &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7177\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7177#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Health\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=6\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"NCDC Speaks On Using Chloroquine To Treat Coronavirus\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NCDC Speaks On Using Chloroquine To Treat Coronavirus &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7177","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=7177#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Health","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=6"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"NCDC Speaks On Using Chloroquine To Treat Coronavirus"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Health<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has advised Nigerians not to use chloroquine and its derivatives to treat the coronavirus (COVID-19). 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