The World Health Organisation has revealed that it has met with 70 traditional medicine experts in a bid to find the cure for COVID-19.
This was made known via a tweet on the official Twitter handle of WHO.
The organisation also claimed an agreement has been reached with the traditional experts on clinical trials of their remedies.
It tweeted: “70 traditional medicine experts from countries across #Africa held a virtual meeting with @WHO on the role of traditional medicine in the #COVID19 response.
“They unanimously agreed that clinical trials must be conducted for all medicines in the Region, without exception.”
Earlier, Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina criticised WHO and other international organisations for looking down on its traditional ‘remedy’.
“If it wasn’t Madagascar, and if it was a European country that had actually discovered this remedy, would there be so much doubt? I don’t think so,” he told French media in an interview.
Meanwhile, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Niger, and Tanzania have taken delivery of consignments of the potion, which was launched last month.
Also, Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, approved the importation of the remedy on Monday.