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Nigeria receives consignment of donated anti-coronavirus herb drink from Madagascar

By alternativeafrica
May 16, 2020
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London, May 16, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday received the delivery of the country’s allocation of the Madagascar anti-coronavirus drink.

President Buhari receives in audience President of Guinea Bissau H.E. Umaro Sissoco Embaló who brought the donated Madagascar herbal drink in State House on 16th May 2020

“President Buhari has received the Madagascan native formulation against the COVID–19 pandemic,” Bashir Ahmed, a presidential spokesman tweeted.

BREAKING: President @MBuhari has received the Madagascan native formulation against the COVID–19 pandemic, and reiterated that he will listen to science before allowing traditional or any new medicines to be administered on Nigerians.

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) May 16, 2020

Ahmed said the president further “reiterated that he will listen to science before allowing traditional or any new medicines to be administered on Nigerians. We have our institutions, systems, and processes in the country. Any such formulations should be sent to them for verification. I will not put it to use without the endorsement of our institutions”

Buhari on Monday approved the airlifting of the Madagascar anti-coronavirus drink.

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The herbal mixture is a drink derived from artemisia – a plant with proven efficacy in malaria treatment – and other indigenous herbs.

In April, Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina launched the remedy at a news conference, drinking from a sleekly-branded bottle filled with an amber liquid which he said had already cured two peopl

Madagascar has since been giving away thousands of bottles of the product, developed by the state-run Malagasy Institute of Applied Research, to countries across Africa.

World Health Organization (WHO), however, said the drink’s efficacy is unproven and warned against “adopting a product that has not been taken through tests to see its efficacy”.

Isolated compounds extracted from artemisia are effective in malaria drugs WHO noted but said the plant itself cannot treat malaria.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention also said the drink should be “tested rigorously”.

Health specialists are worried that people who drink the product might feel they are immune to COVID-19 and engage in risky behaviour, WHO’s Africa head Matshidiso Moeti said.

“We are concerned that touting this product as a preventive measure might then make people feel safe,” she said.

While the global health body is yet to approve the usage of the drink to treat coronavirus patients, many African countries like Nigeria are trusting the drink produced by Madagascar.

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