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Laura Burdon-Manley

WHO says Madagascar's herbal tonic against COVID-19 not a cure

WHO says Madagascar's herbal tonic against COVID-19 not a cure

The World Health Organization has dismissed the Madagascar president's claims that a herbal tonic produced within the country can cure patients of COVID-19. 

Other African countries such as Tanzania and Guinea-Bissau have made plans to import the tonic, which contains the artemisia plant, which is normally used to treat malaria.

Al Jazeera’s Laura Burdon-Manley reports.

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