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Patanjali CEO and co-founder Acharya Balkrishna recently claimed that the company had found an Ayurvedic medicine that can help in curing COVID-19.

He also claimed that the medicine was able to cure COVID-19 patients within 5-14 days.

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โ€œWe appointed a team of scientists after Covid-19 outbreak. Firstly, the simulation was done and compounds were identified which can fight the virus and stop its spread in the body. Then, we conducted a clinical case study on hundreds of positive patients and we have got 100 per cent favourable results,โ€ ANI quoted Balkrishna as saying.

He also said that clinical trials were conducted in Indore and in Jaipur after Patanjali had got permission last week.

He said COVID-19 patients who were given the Ayurvedic medicine also tested negative for the virus.

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โ€œSo, we can say the cure for COVID is possible through Ayurveda. We are performing controlled clinical trials only. In the next few days, evidence and data will be released by us,โ€ he added.

Many organizations are also researching on developing a cure for coronavirus infection which has already claimed over 400,000 lives globally.

In an interview with India TV on Sunday, Patanjali founder Ramdev said that COVID-19 patients who were administered Patanjali medicine โ€˜Coronilโ€™ showed 100 per cent recovery rate.