Nigeria To Receive Another Cure For Ebola From Japan

Nigeria is to receive the antiviral drug Favipiravir from Japan as a possible treatment for Ebola.

The drug which was approved to treat the flu by the Japanese health ministry in March has shown to have strong antiviral property against the Ebola virus" in the lab and in patients.

Nigeria's health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said enough dosages of Favipiravir to treat about 20 thousand patients were available.

He said the country has also applied for the experimental Ebola drug TKM- Ebola.

TKM-Ebola was tested for safety in a small number of humans, but the trial was halted in January when one volunteer developed moderate gastrointestinal side effects.

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