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Senegal has denied that it has ordered a batch of the alleged coronavirus remedy, Covid-Organics, being promoted by Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina, RFI reports.
Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said there was no proof of a cure for Covid-19 after the president launched the treatment, which had been developed in Madagascar.
It was being marketed in a bottle and as a herbal tea after being tested on fewer than 20 people over a period of three weeks, the president's chief of staff Lova Hasinirina Ranoromaro told the BBC.
President Rajoelina tweeted on Friday that his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, had made the first order.
L’Afrique agit & se protège contre le #Covid19. Merci au Président @Macky_Sall pour nos échanges et sa confiance. Le #Senegal félicite #Madagascar pour le remède traditionnel amélioré Covid-Organics & lance une 1ère commande.
Vive l’Afrique et vive sa richesse naturelle !
But a source quoted by RFI said that no such order was made.
Mr Sall has tweeted that his country is following the research "with interest".
Je me félicite de l'échange fructueux avec le Président @SE_Rajoelina sur le partage d'expériences et de bonnes pratiques dans la lutte contre la #Covid19. Je salue les efforts de Madagascar dans la recherche de solutions thérapeutiques que le Sénégal suit avec intérêt.
President Rajoelina has also tweeted that his counterpart in Guinea-Bissau has chartered a plane to collect the Covid-Organics product.
Merci au Président de la Guinée Bissau @USEmbalo de sa proposition d’approvisionner son pays & ses voisins d’Afrique de l’Ouest en TAMBAVY CVO / Covid-Organics.
Il affrétera un avion pour les transporter de #Madagascar.
C’est l’Afrique unie & solidaire qui combat le #Covid_19 !
In response to the launch of Covid-Organics, the WHO said, in a statement sent to the BBC, that the global organisation did not recommend "self-medication with any medicines... as a prevention or cure for Covid-19".
It reiterated earlier comments by WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that there were "no short-cuts" to finding effective mediation to fight coronarvirus.
International trials were under way to find an effective treatment, the WHO added
