Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, is grappling with a flood of coronavirus cases -- a surge starkly at odds with the country's flamboyant claim to have devised a herbal cure for COVID-19.
On Tuesday, the impoverished Indian Ocean island passed the symbolic threshold of 10,000 recorded cases, 93 of which have been fatal.
"The number of cases is rising more and more... We are only admitting the seriously ill," the director of the city's Andohotapenaka Hospital, Nasolotsiry Raveloson, told AFP.He sent out a letter to international aid donors, saying the trend was now "very critical... with notable flare-ups in certain regions, particularly in Antananarivo."
"It is clear that many crucial points in the management of this health crisis have escaped the vigilance of the minister of public health," it said scathingly."This herbal tea gives results in seven days," he said, sipping a dose. "I will be the first to drink this today, in front of you, to show you that this product cures and does not kill.
After its blockbuster introduction, CVO was sold in retail outlets, given to schoolchildren and distributed to health centres, although its visibility has discreetly declined in recent weeks.
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