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Africa News of Friday, 19 June 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Madagascar to begin production of COVID-Organics capsules

President Andry Rajoelina, President of Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina, President of Madagascar

The President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina has on Thursday announced that the country is set to begin the production of COVID-Organics adding that it is in the process of equipping its health facilities.

The president was reacting to the receipt of state-of-the-art equipment to equip the new pharmaceutical plant “Pharmalagasy.” The consignment was delivered by the Pharma Wing section of Ethiopian Airlines.

“Thanks to the work of Malagasy researchers and foreign scientists, Pharmalagasy will launch CVO+, a curative and preventive capsule against Covid-19 made from artemisia,” Rajoelina added stressing that the move was part of Madagascar positioning “itself on the global pharmaceutical market.”

Meanwhile, the WHO and Africa Centers for Disease Control, Africa CDC, have yet to release any findings or developments from their interactions with Malagasy authorities over the purported virus cure.

The country has also announced a partnership with a Bionexx, a company specialized in the culture of artemisia, a move that will make Madagascar the first African producer of medicines based on the medicinal plant, Rajoelina added.


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