{"id":12862,"date":"2020-05-12T07:27:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T07:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12862"},"modified":"2020-05-12T07:33:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T07:33:25","slug":"buhari-orders-ptf-to-get-madagascars-covid-19-herbal-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12862","title":{"rendered":"Buhari orders PTF to get Madagascar\u2019s COVID-19 herbal drug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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President Muhammadu Buhari Monday directed the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to go for Madagascar\u2019s herbal drug, \u201cCOVID-Organics,\u201d for the possible treatment of COVID-19<\/a> patients in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some reports claim the drug has been used in the treatment of 55 COVID-19 patients in the Indian Ocean Island nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chairman of the Task Force, Boss Mustapha who disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja, said the Madagascan government donated some of the products to Nigeria through Guinea-Bissau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mustapha said arrangements were ongoing to bring the drug down to Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cThe president of Madagascar sent it to Guinea Bissau. Certain allocations have been made to different countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have an indication of the quantities that have been allocated to\u00a0Nigeria<\/a>, and we are supposed to make arrangements to freight it out of Bissau to Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have received instructions from Mr. President to make arrangements to freight it home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister Ehanire also says \u201cWe are going to get samples of the herb of the botanical product for analyses and also probably use that opportunity to speak with the health authorities there particularly the scientific community on how they use it. We will also give it to the research community here with us to examine and see what they can do with it. We understand that it is something called Artemisia Annua, which also grows here. But we would like to get that sample and compare it with the strain here to know if they are exactly identical or similar and then see what properties it has. \u201cIt will be subjected to analysis to find out what works in there and how it works and is used in getting a cure. All countries around the world are interested in finding a cure and we are not different; So we\u2019ll look at all options and promises that have been made. \u201cBefore we give any of these medicines to our people we will make sure they are actually safe and that they work.\u201d Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the presidential task force on COVID-19 to pick up Madagascar\u2019s self-proclaimed, plant-based \u201cremedy\u201d for coronavirus. Processes are ongoing to harness herbal medicine for Covid-19 cure. Madagascar had donated some of the products to Nigeria through Guinea-Bissau and arrangements were being made to pick them up. The president directed that the products be subjected to the validation process after they have been picked up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a related development, the Catholic Church in Nigeria through the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has offered its 425 hospitals and clinics nationwide for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. This was disclosed by Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, during the daily Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19 media briefing on Monday, May 11. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday directed the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to go for Madagascar\u2019s herbal drug, \u201cCOVID-Organics,\u201d for the possible treatment of COVID-19 patients in the country. Some reports claim the drug has been used in the treatment of 55 COVID-19 patients in the Indian Ocean Island nation. The Chairman of the Task Force, Boss Mustapha […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[27,6,23],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nBuhari orders PTF to get Madagascar\u2019s COVID-19 herbal drug » WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12862\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12862#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COVID-19\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Buhari orders PTF to get Madagascar\u2019s COVID-19 herbal drug\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Buhari orders PTF to get Madagascar\u2019s COVID-19 herbal drug » WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12862","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12862#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COVID-19","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Buhari orders PTF to get Madagascar\u2019s COVID-19 herbal drug"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">COVID-19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Health<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=23\" rel=\"category\">Traditional<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"President Muhammadu Buhari Monday directed the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 to go for Madagascar\u2019s herbal drug, \u201cCOVID-Organics,\u201d for the possible treatment of COVID-19 patients in the country. Some reports claim the drug has been used in the treatment of 55 COVID-19 patients in the Indian Ocean Island nation. The Chairman of the Task Force, Boss Mustapha…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12862"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12862"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}