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Nigerian Government Investigates Pharmaceutical Stores Over Hike In Price Of Hydroxychloroquine

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 Editor TellAfrica

The federal government of Nigeria is investigating some drug stores in the country over outrageous hiking of prices of hydroxychloroquine, a controversial anti-malaria drug used for COVID-19 treatment. A drug store in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Ebus Pharmacy Limited, was selling hydroxychloroquine at an exorbitant price of N50,000. The owner of Ebus Pharmacy, Boniface Ebugosi, said the hydroxychloroquine was an imported drug and that the dwindling value of the naira against the dollar was responsible for its high price. Other drug stores in Port Harcourt were also selling hydroxychloroquine at…

Indian Pharmacist Dies After Drinking Botched Coronavirus Treatment

May 10, 2020 Editor TellAfrica

YOMMY AYILARA. Indian Pharmacist Dies After Drinking Botched Coronavirus Treatment. An Indian pharmacist has been reported dead while his boss is left hospitalized after they drank a chemical concoction which was developed by them in an effort to treat coronavirus. This information was revealed by the police on the 9th of May, 2020. The men served for a herbal medicine company and were testing their treatment which was a mix of nitric oxide and sodium nitrate at a home in southern Chennai city. Local police,…