Madagascar’s President Rajoelina has claimed national sovereignty in his right to ensure the population has supplies of a herbal drink containing the artemesia herb as protection and treatment for COVID19. The WHO warned about using the herbal preparation COVID Organics because it has not undergone a clinical trial. (See our blog post Pharma Monopoly? Medical Colonialism? Alive and Well.) Despite pressure from WHO about the dangers of an untested herbal preparation, several other African countries have already shipped the herbal preparation from Madagascar for use in their own countries.

In a pandemic where we are reminded continually that there is no treatment or cure for COVID19 and lockdowns will not be completely lifted until a global vaccine is available, why are potential solutions like this not only being ignored but actively suppressed?
We did some more research on the previous news item about Rajoelina accusing the WHO of a bribe relating to COVID Organics – so far it cannot be substantiated so we have removed it from the feed.

Interview about COVID Organics by the channel France 24 on May 11th.