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 A bottle of Covid Organics | |
| Claims | Treatment against COVID-19 |
| Year proposed | 2020 |
| Original proponents | Malagasy Institute of Applied Research |
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Covid-Organics (CVO) is an Artemisia-based drink that Andry Rajoelina, president of Madagascar, claims can prevent and cure Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The drink is produced from a species under the Artemisia genus[1][2][3] from which artemisinin is extracted for malaria treatment.[4][5] No publicly available clinical trial data supports the safety or efficacy of this drink.
Covid-Organics was developed and produced in Madagascar by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research. Madagascar was the first country to decide to integrate Artemisia into COVID-19 treatment when the NGO Maison de l'Artemisia France contacted numerous African countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. At least one researcher from another part of Africa, Dr. Jérôme Munyangi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, contributed. Some of the research on Artemisia, led by African scientists, had been carried out in France and Canada.[6] On 20 April 2020, Rajoelina announced in a television broadcast that his country had found "preventive and curative" cure for COVID-19.[7][8][9] Rajoelina publicly sipped from a bottle of Covid-Organics and ordered a nation-wide distribution to families.[10] In 2022, Covid-Organics is not recommended by the WHO.[11]
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- ^ "Overview of malaria treatment". World Health Organization. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Tshiamala, Stanis Bujakera (20 May 2020). "Coronavirus: DRC doctor says clinical trials can begin using artemisia". The Africa Report. Jeune Afrique Media Group. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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- ^ "Madagascar hands out 'miracle' virus cure as it lifts lockdown". guardian.ng. 23 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Madagascar a quitté l'OMS ? Non, contrairement à ce qu'affirme cette rumeur". 12 May 2022.