The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has revealed the Federal Government’s findings on Madagascar’s COVID Organics.
The Minister said the plant used in the production of COVID Organics was grown in Nigeria.
The Minister disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja and said further research on the potency of the herbal drug would be carried out when the Federal Government approves the grant for the research.
The Minister also warned Nigerians not to go on interstate trips that are not necessary, adding that the virus was still very much present in the country.
The Minister said: “Preliminary results or analysis of the so-called Madagascar herbs or organics done by the Nigerian Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development shows that it is the same plant called artemisia annua which is grown in farms in Abuja.
“Further research on its efficacy will be conducted when the grant for the research is approved.”
