French doctor apologises for suggesting COVID-19 treatment be tested in AfricaA French doctor apologised on Friday for suggesting a possible treatment for COVID-19 should be tested in Africa, after the remarks sparked an outcry on social media.Jean-Paul Mira, the head of the intensive care unit at the Cochin hospital in Paris, made the comments on Wednesday during an interview on French television channel LCI with the research director of France’s national health institute, Inserm. The research director, Camille Locht, was discussing the BCG tuberculosis vaccine, which is being trialled in several European countries and Australia against COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus. Camille Locht, the research director from France’s Inserm, responded: “You are right. For More of This and Other Stories, Grab Your Copy of the Standard Newspaper. Read Now »“Africa isn’t a testing lab,” retired Ivory Coast soccer star, Didier Drogba, wrote on Twitter.

Source: Standard Digital April 04, 2020 14:03 UTC