More herbal ‘cures’ for COVID-19
Despite the insistence of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Natural Medicine Journal that no vitamins, minerals, herbs, nutrients or other natural medicines have been shown in human clinical trials to prevent or treat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), more cure claims are emerging from all over the world. From Ghana to Zimbabwe, Madagascar to China, Singapore and Philippines, the situation is the same: “We have a herbal cure for COVID-19.” Top on the news is that Virgin coconut oil (VCO) is currently being tested as a possible treatment for COVID-19 in the Philippines. The clinical trial follows the earlier confirmation of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) that the anti-viral properties of the VCO were already being studied in Singapore. Titled “Virgin Coconut Oil and Omega-3a Adjunctive Therapy for Hospitalised Patients with COVID-19,” the clinical study is being conducted by the DOST and the Philippine Cocon...