Whoever claims to have found coronavirus cure in Africa is lying —Tomori

Professor of virology and former Vice Chancellor of the Redeemer’s University Nigeria, OyewaleTomori, has said anyone who claims to have found cure for the coronavirus in Africa is lying.

He said only the Chinese could make such claims because they had been exposed to the virus longer than anyone else.

Tomori spoke on the sidelines of his reaction to the profiling of the genome sequence of coronavirus by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.


Speaking to our Correspondent on the likely cure for the global pandemic disease, Tomori said it was still too early to speak about a drug that could effectively cure coronavirus.

“Nobody has done drug trials yet, but they are trying it now, no doubt. They are doing it experimentally in many places and you should know there are different coronaviruses. They come from animals – goats, sheep.

“If anybody is saying, especially in West Africa, that he has found a cure for coronavirus, I think he is just deceiving us.