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BREAKING- Buhari Orders Importation Of Madagascar COVID-19 Remedy

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President Muhammadu Buhari may have bowed to reason ordering the importation of the Madagascar-manufactured herbal remedy for coronavirus.

Recall The Eagle story on April 23, that Madagascar citizens were thronging to receive a COVID-Organics, the local herbal remedy said to prevent and cure coronavirus.

The report revealed that the President Andry Rajoelina is at the centre of mobilising citizens to come forward and take the organics.

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Apparently satisfied that the herbal remedy may have potential, Buhari ordered that it be made available to the country.

This was revealed by the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha.

“Mr President has given instructions for the airlifting of Nigeria’s allocation of the Madagascar COVID-19 Syrup; also given clear instructions that it must be subjected to the standard validation process for pharmaceuticals; there will be no exceptions for this.”

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“Nigeria has only one national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Where there are differing strategies is in the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions. But as far as the response is concerned, there is only one national response,” Mustapha who is also the secretary to the Federal Government explained.

 “Madagascar has made allocations to various countries, and sent them to Guinea Bissau. We‘re supposed to make arrangements to freight Nigeria’s allocation from Guinea Bissau; it‘ll be subjected to the standard validation process for pharmaceuticals.

He assured Nigerians that the task force was intensifying efforts to stop the spread of the virus in Nigeria.

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There are reports that some other African countries have already taken consignments of the herbal remedy, and these include Tanzania , Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea and Niger.

Madagascar said the drink is derived from artemisia – a plant with proven anti-malarial properties – and other indigenous herbs.

Although the World Health ORganisation (WHO) is yet to endorse the herbal medicine, there is growing enthusiasm especially within the developing countries towards the cocktail

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South Africa’s government has already indicated willingness to assist Madagascar to test and analyse the herbal treatment, according to health minister Zweli Mkhize.

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