The Ayush ministry on Wednesday allowed popular FMCG company Patanjali to sell its product Coronil as an immunity booster and not as a cure for COVID-19.
As per reports, the ministry also said that Patanjali cannot mention COVID-19 on the packaging of Coronil.
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The ayurvedic drug had received licensing from the Uttarakhand government, where Patanjali headquarters are located, to be sold as an immunity booster.
At a press conference in Haridwar, Ramdev claimed the ministry has said that Patanjali did an “an appropriate job for Covid-19 management”.
“I want to tell people who want to try these medicines that there is no restriction on their sale now and they will be available in a kit everywhere in the country from today,” he added.
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Ramdev said the Union ministry had asked him to use the term “COVID management” in place of “COVID treatment” and he is following the instruction.
Patanjali ran into a controversy recently after it claimed that its new products Coronil’ and ‘Swasari’, its Ayurvedic medicines can treat COVID-19 patients within 14 days.
But soon after the product’s launch, the Ministry of Ayush asked the company to stop advertising the medicines until they were examined.