Health Organisation (WHO), on Tuesday, said it met with 70 traditional medicine experts.
This was made known on WHO Afro Region official Twitter handle, @WHOAFRO.
WHO further disclosed an agreement was reached with the herbal medicine experts on clinical trials of their remedies.
“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,”
@WHOAFRO tweeted.
The Nigerian revealed yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered that Madagascar’s cure for coronavirus be picked up.
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who made this known during Monday’s daily briefing of the task force, said Buhari directed the presidential task force on COVID-19 to pick up the drug which was sent to Nigeria.