Coronil tablets of Patanjali that were initially launched as the “cure to COVID-19 virus”, but were later said to be the ‘immunity booster’, only were now found on sale in London.
“Coronil, a herbal remedy from India, was found on sale in shops in predominantly Asian areas across the capital,” reported BBC news.
The news agency also claimed that a lab test of the drug carried out by Birmingham University for the BBC revealed that the plant-based ingredients used to make the Swasari-Coronil kits offer no protection against coronavirus. “It is unclear what Coronil is trying to do to the immune system,” the BBC quoted virologist Dr Maitreyi Shivkumar as saying.
The BBC said that the tests carried out for them show the pills offer no protection from COVID-19.
“A lab test of the drug carried out by Birmingham University for the BBC showed the pills contained plant-based ingredients which cannot protect against Covid-19,” said a report.
“We have followed all the protocols. These protocols were not set by Swami Ramdev or Patanjali but by modern medical sciences. We have made Coronil with use of Ashwagandha, Giloy, Tulsi,” Ramdev had said.
Reportedly, company also claimed that clinical controlled trial was also done by Patanjali Research Center Parai and NIMS in which 95 patients went through the trial, of which, 79 percent patients recovered within 3 days and 100 percent recovered within 7 days.
Presently, ‘Swasari coronil kit’ is being sold as the ‘Covid-19 Immunity Booster Kit’. It is also said that it is tested and verified medicine from the PATANJALI Research Institute.
