At least 55 COVID-19 patients in Madagascar have recovered after being treated with the country’s herbal remedy for the disease.
55 COVID-19 patients said to have been “cured” with the drug — which is bottled as herbal tea — rose after three recoveries were announced on Saturday.
According to L’Express de Madagascar, the patients were among those that were administered the drug known as COVID-Organics since it was launched in April.
It did not state if there was any supplementary treatment but reported that “treatment of (COVID-19) patients has been based” on the drug since it was introduced.
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“The same day that the CVO herbal tea was launched, two coronavirus patients who consumed it came out cured,” L’Express de Madagascar reported.
“Until yesterday, fifty-five people have been declared cured since the adoption of CVO herbal tea treatment twenty days ago.”
It added that to aid the fight against COVID-19, the drug is being distributed freely in parts of the country.
