Dar es Salaam Tanzania’s president says he has placed an order for a herbal treatment for the coronavirus touted by the president of Madagascar.
"I have already written to Madagascar’s president and we will soon dispatch a plane to fetch the medicine so that Tanzania can also benefit from it,” President John Magufuli said in a televised appearance on Saturday.
The herbal remedy, called "Covid Organics” and prepared by the Malagasy Institute for Applied Research, is made out of artemisia, a plant cultivated on the Indian ocean island of Madagascar.
Despite a lack of scientific evidence, President Andry Rajoelina claimed that the remedy has already cured some Madagascans of COVID-19. Children returning to school have been required to take it.
Magufuli’s announcement came during the televised swearing in of the country’s new minister for constitutional affairs and justice, just a day after the previous minister became the third Tanzanian lawmaker to die in two weeks. (DPA)
"I have already written to Madagascar’s president and we will soon dispatch a plane to fetch the medicine so that Tanzania can also benefit from it,” President John Magufuli said in a televised appearance on Saturday.
The herbal remedy, called "Covid Organics” and prepared by the Malagasy Institute for Applied Research, is made out of artemisia, a plant cultivated on the Indian ocean island of Madagascar.
Despite a lack of scientific evidence, President Andry Rajoelina claimed that the remedy has already cured some Madagascans of COVID-19. Children returning to school have been required to take it.
Magufuli’s announcement came during the televised swearing in of the country’s new minister for constitutional affairs and justice, just a day after the previous minister became the third Tanzanian lawmaker to die in two weeks. (DPA)