The Federal Government has disclosed that Madagascar herbal remedy, can cure cough but not COVID-19.
Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health, said the Madagascar herbal product has not shown that it has any curative powers for COVID-19.
Mr Osagie said the preliminary results of the analysis carried out on the Madagascar herbal remedy, showed that it is the same as the plant Artemisia anua, grown in Abuja by the Nigerian Institute for Pharmaceutical research and development, (NIPRID) for research purposes, the Sun reports.
Ehanire, said the Madagascar herbal remedy was subjected to further tests to verify its efficacy.
The herbal tea, named COVID Organics and produced by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA), was created from the Artemisia plant, and touted as a cure for the coronavirus disease, but health experts have warned about its risks.
Nigeria received five cartons of samples of the herbal tea in May before they were handed over to the Ministry of Health.
Meanwhile Control TV gathered that Public hospitals in Madagascar are getting full amid surge of Covid-19 in the country, hospitals now only admit virus patients with severe symptoms.
The country became popular in the wake of Rajoelina’s insistence months back that a locally produced remedy COVID Organics or Tambavy CVO could cure and also prevent the virus.
At the time the WHO warned of untested remedies but it did not stop about a dozen African countries from importing the purported cure.
(C) Control TV 2020.
