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These include steaming, a miracle oil , baby shampoo and medicine meant for domestic animals.
However, none of these so-called remedies provides a cure for Covid-19, health authorities say.
As South Africans await the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, a number of alternative methods are being punted as either curing the disease or, at the very least, preventing it from taking hold.
On Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa, in a televised address, said South Africa is on track to secure 20 million doses of vaccine against Covid-19, but no timeline has yet been provided. Understandably we all want to know when the vaccines will be arriving. Everybody asks that question, and they want the vaccines to arrive yesterday. As we work to secure the supply of sufficient doses in the midst of huge global demand, we are doing and will continue to do everything that s possible to ensure that the process is both transparent, and it s handled most effectively and efficiently, and that informat