Should We Cry Or Laugh? : Akhilesh Yadav On Cow Dung As Covid Cure Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav tweeted: Should we cry or laugh over this. .
Updated: May 12, 2021 3:27 pm IST
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New Delhi:
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday joined a chorus of voices commenting on a video from Gujarat s Ahmedabad - a video that shows men gleefully covering themselves in cow dung and urine in the belief it will protect them against COVID-19.
A bemused Mr Yadav tweeted: Should we cry or laugh over this. .
Attached to his tweet was a video from a report by news agency Reuters that identified a school called the Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Vishwavidya Pratishthanam, where some people go once a week to slather cow dung and urine over their bodies, hug cows and practice yoga.
Highlights
People in Ahmedabad believe cow dung or urine will protect them from COVID-19
Video shows a group of people taking the therapy, and smearing cow dung on their body
Former UP CM has reacted to the video and shared a note on Twitter
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday (May 12) joined a chorus of voices commenting on a video from Gujarat s Ahmedabad that shows a group of people smearing cow dung on their body to protect themselves against coronavirus.
The video shows men gleefully covering themselves in cow dung and urine in the belief it will protect them against COVID-19. Reacting to the clip, Yadav wrote on Twitter, Should we cry or laugh over this. .
Throat spray, oral drug for malaria-arthritis effective against COVID-19: Study
During the six-week trial, workers were given a povidone-iodine throat spray, which can be bought off the counter, and oral hydroxychloroquine, which requires a prescription
PTI | April 26, 2021 | Updated 01:12 IST
An antiseptic throat spray and an oral drug usually prescribed to treat malaria and arthritis have been found to effectively reduce the spread of COVID-19 in high-transmission settings, researchers in Singapore have found, according to a media report on Sunday.
The findings were made based on a large-scale clinical trial conducted last May, involving more than 3,000 migrant workers living in Tuas South Dormitory in the Industrial District of Singapore, Channel News Asia reported.
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