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HomeOpinionCovid ‘miracle cure’ and Sri Lanka’s faltering pandemic response Covid ‘miracle cure’ and Sri Lanka’s faltering pandemic response 15 December 2020 12:07 am - 1
In April this year, while the COVID-19 virus was rampaging through communities, forcing governments to lockdown cities, President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina, a DJ turned politician launched with much funfair a herbal concoction which he said would cure COVID-19 in ‘seven days.’ Known as COVID Organics, it was a tonic made from extracts of Artemisia, a plant with anti-Malarial properties that used to make Malaria drug Artemisinin. The government of Madagascar dispatched the soldiers from house to house to distribute the herbal tonic free of charge and gave it to high school students to consume. Madagascar’s neighbours, Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Guinea Bissau have all received