Covid-19: Expert warns against consumption of local gin, neem concoction

Date: 2020-03-22

A medical expert, Dr Biola Babatunde of Oyedeji Hospital, Gaa-Akanbi Area, Ilorin, Kwara, has cautioned the public against self medication in a bid to prevent being infected by the Coronavirus.

Babatunde, who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Saturday, said that concocting local gin and Neem leaves popularly known as "dogoyaro" to prevent the Coronavirus was dangerous to health.

"The use of chloroquine has not even been approved globally, it is still being tested on patients, besides the chloroquine we are talking about is not just the over the counter drug we know.

"I have read and seen on various social media platforms, news circulating about the use of local gin and neem leaves and allowing it ferment, to serve as local chloroquine.

"This is ridiculous, this combination is not tested, it might even cause another problem in the body.

"I think Nigerians should stop panicking, so that we don't complicate other health challenges, stay away from concoctions and local gin.

"Practice good hygiene, eat healthy food, wash your hands that is all you need," he said. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Salman Suleiman     Mohammed Yisa     Fatimoh Lawal     Musbau A. Akanji     Adedipe     Obuh     Ronke Adeyemi     FOMWAN     Gbenga Adebayo     Egbejila     ITP     Yusuf Ali     Suleiman Ajadi     Akanji     LAK Jimoh     Isiaka Danmeromu     Saduki Lafiagi     Sarakite     Tunde Akanbi     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Fatai Olodo     Garment Factory     Saliu Oluwole     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Mahe Abdulkadir     Muhammadu Buhari     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Ladi Hassan     Bello Oyebanji     Imam Gambari     Salake     20 Billion Bond     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Salihu Yahaya     Wahab Agbaje     Ramadhan     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Nigerian Army     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Ramat Oganija     Oyun     Kemi Adeosun     Mukhtar Shagaya     Mary Arinde     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Kwara United     Ojo Fadumila     Yekeen Alabi     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Ibrahim Labaika     Kola Bukoye     Deji Ajani     Facebook     Mustapha Akanbi     Oro Grammar School     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Sodiya     Oyawoye     Erin-ile     Gbenga Awoyale     Lanre Olosunde     Shoprite     ER-KANG Mining     Umar Saro     Metro Park     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Ifelodun     Public Holiday     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     CLAY POT     James Ayeni     Adesina Simon Sodiya     CACOVID Palliatives     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ibrahim Issa Jetti     ARMTI     Bayer AG     Jaigbade Alao     Mutawalle     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Mujtabah Bature     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Flights To Ilorin     Aisha Buhari     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Babata     IEDPU     Isau     Council Of The Wise     Adisa Logun     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Jare Olatundun     Minimum Wage     Doyin Agbamu     Www.Kwarareports.com     Read With Me     Ahmad Ali     Harmony Holdings     Oniwa     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Osi     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Mahee Abdulkadir     Ben Duntoye     Oyun     NIPOGA     Taofeek Ibraheem     Trader Moni     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Olaoye B. Felix     JMK Construction Company Limited     Shonga Farm Project     Yekeen Alabi     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Akanji     Timothy Akangbe     Olateju Lukman     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Aisha Ahman Pategi     IYA YUSUF     Erubu     Alao Ayotunde     Umar Gunu     Tanke Road     Woro     Ganiyu Taofiq     Idi-Ape     Yakubu Shaaba     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Shuaibu Yaman     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     IHS     Hassanat Bello     KWSIEC     Student Learning Support Helpline     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Kehinde Boyede     Awoye     UITH     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Saliu Alamoyo     Alabe     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Busari Alabi Alausa     FOMWAN