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Never certified any traditional medicine as a cure for Covid-19: WHO

Patanjali MD Acharya Balkrishna said that Coronil has been granted a certificate of pharmaceutical product, licensed by DCGI

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Arnab Dutta New Delhi
Putting all controversies to rest, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said that it never certified any traditional medicine as a cure for Covid-19. WHO's clarification came via a tweet that is believed to have been motivated by the controversy that arose after Patanjali Ayurved relaunched a medicine on the same day.  In its tweet, the health advisory organisation wrote: “WHO has not reviewed or certified the effectiveness of any traditional medicine for the treatment of #Covid.”
 
Earlier in the day, the firm had relaunched its Coronil medicine, which it claims can cure Covid-19 and provide adequate immunity

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