The World Health Organisation has confirmed that it held a virtual meeting with 70 traditional medicine experts in an effort to provide a lasting cure to the COVID-19 infection in the continent.
This was disclosed in a tweet on Tuesday by WHO African Region via its official Twitter handle, @WHOAFRO.
An agreement was reached with the traditional medicine experts on clinical trials of their remedies, the tweet revealed.
“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,” the tweet.
InsideOjodu had earlier reported that Nigeria is making plans to get the Madagascar cure for clinical testing and its authenticity.