The president of Tanzania, John Magufuli, is sending a aircraft to Madagascar to fetch a natural tonic touted as a treatment for Covid-19 even because the World Well being Group (WHO) warned there was no proof of any treatment.

Congo-Brazzaville’s president has additionally promised to import the drink.

It’s produced from the artemisia plant – the supply of an ingredient utilized in a malaria remedy.

The WHO additionally suggested folks in opposition to self-medicating.

The drink was launched as Covid-Organics and was being marketed after being examined on fewer than 20 folks over a interval of three weeks, the Tanzanian president’s chief of workers Lova Hasinirina Ranoromaro informed the BBC.

In response to the launch of Covid-Organics, the WHO mentioned in an announcement despatched to the BBC that the worldwide organisation didn’t suggest “self-medication with any medicines… as a prevention or treatment for Covid-19”.

It reiterated earlier feedback by WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that there have been “no short-cuts” to discovering efficient mediation to battle coronarvirus.

Worldwide trials have been underneath approach to discover an efficient remedy, the WHO added.

In March, the US-based Nationwide Heart for Complementary and Integrative Well being
warned against purported coronavirus remedies
, together with natural therapies and teas – saying the easiest way to forestall an infection was to keep away from publicity to the virus.

The drink has been picked up in different African international locations.

On Saturday Madagascar delivered a cargo to Guinea-Bissau.

The Malagasy president additionally tweeted that the particular envoy to Equatorial Guinea picked up a cargo of the drink.

Talking on TV, President Magufuli mentioned he was already in touch with the federal government of Madagascar and would despatch an plane to the island nation to gather the drugs.

“I’m speaking with Madagascar, they usually have already written a letter saying they’ve found some drugs. We are going to despatch a flight to carry the drugs in order that Tanzanians may also profit. In order the federal government we’re working day and evening,” he mentioned.

Mr Magufuli has already been extensively criticised for his response to the coronavirus pandemic.

He has inspired the general public to proceed gathering in locations of worship, whereas a lot of the world has confronted lockdown.

Tanzania’s delay in implementing stricter measures to forestall additional unfold of coronavirus within the nation may have led to the spike in constructive instances, in line with the WHO.

The nation has 480 confirmed instances of coronavirus however Mr Magufuli mentioned that quantity could also be exaggerated and that he doubted the credibility of the nationwide laboratory.

He mentioned that he had secretly had some animals and fruits examined on the laboratory and {that a} papaya (paw-paw), a quail and a goat returned constructive samples.

“Meaning there’s risk for technical errors or these imported reagents have points,” he mentioned, with out giving extra element.

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