The Gazette could not immediately verify if the potential antidote has been subjected to clinical trials.
“Consider everyone as a suspected COVID-19 case, and ensure universal precautions always,’’ they said.
The number of daily coronavirus infection has been on the rise recently affirming reports on the second wave of the pandemic.
Lagos has always topped the list of the recorded COVID-19 cases nationwide.
It is unclear if the deputy governor himself had earlier contracted the virus.
Lagos and FCT leads with the highest number of new infections at 654 and 200 respectively, out of 1202 cases recorded on Monday.
COVID-19 numbers continue to resurge daily across Nigeria with FCT and Lagos leading the pack.
The 796 new cases is the highest since 745 cases of COVID-19 were reported in June.
Nigeria’s COVID-19 statistics now stands at 65,982 confirmed cases, 61,782 patients discharged and 1,165 deaths.
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 112 new infections of coronavirus in the country.
