While the Maharashtra government on Friday (July 3), threatened to take action against Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali for claiming that their Coronil tablets prove to be effective in treating corona patients, its municipal corporations are aggressively promoting the use of ‘unani kadha’ to protect against the virus.
Municipal Commissioner Aziz Sheikh said that efforts are underway to make use of unani kadha in fighting the spread of corona virus.
The Dhule Municipal Corporation is doling out unani kadha to boost the immunity of frontline workers and to the residents of the city. The Municipal Coporation along with the district administration and Khatun Education Society’s Al Ameen Unani Medical College in Malegaon distributed unani kadha at the district court premises. Several dignitaries like Justice A.H. Syed, District Judge J.A. Sheikh, Secretary of District Legal Services Authority Dr. G.U. Dongre participated and endorsed the unani kadha as an immunity booster against the virus.It assured that it will be made available in other institutions and administrative bodies as well.
This action comes in the wake of Maharashtra government warning Patanjali of action under Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954. It however said that Patanjali can advertise Coronil as immunity booster.
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali launched a new pill called Coronil which it claims it can cure coronavirus infection within a 14-day course of taking the medicine. He added that the medicine was tested in a placebo-controlled clinical trial with COVID-19 patients on a randomized testing basis. The Ayush Ministry came out in response to this, saying that Coronil is not to be marketed or advertised until all of the claims put forth by the Patanjali Group were proven to be credible. Patanjali claims of having licensed Coronil as a treatment for COVID-19 infections, to which the ministry has refuted requesting Uttarakhand Government’s licensing authority to furnish proper product approval details.