Although the details of the ingredients as well as the laboratory procedure and testing were not presented in detail, the two ministries said that a treatment drug has been discovered from the traditional medicines in the country. The statement that the MoIT issued on March 27, 2020, indicated that the medicine has passed the basic research procedures and was successful in the laboratory modeling processes. The whole researching and treatment are said to follow local and World Health Organization’s procedures, according to the press briefing the two ministries gave only to selected government media houses. After preclinical testing, researchers review their findings and decide whether the drug should be tested in people,” states the FDA website. The Ethiopian government has announced that the new COVID-19 treatment drug has been proved not to cause harm in humans or not to be toxic.

Source: Ethiopian News March 28, 2020 06:11 UTC