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Minister Rijasoa Andriamanana stated final week she was ordering US$2.2 million (S$three million) value of sweets to go together with the Covid-Organics concoction.
- AFP
- Last Updated: June 6, 2020, 11:51 AM IST
Madagascar’s training minister was sacked on Thursday (June 4) after saying a plan to purchase sweets for college kids to take the sting off the “bitter taste” of a natural tea the president says is a coronavirus treatment.
Minister Rijasoa Andriamanana stated final week she was ordering US$2.2 million (S$three million) value of sweets to go together with the Covid-Organics concoction, which some consultants have warned is ineffective in opposition to Covid-19.
She advised the press that “a purchase of sweets and lollipops” had been made, with all college students within the Indian Ocean island nation to obtain three every.
She added that it was for the “bitter taste” of the drink, which President Andry Rajoelina has been selling for export, saying it’s the nation’s “green gold” which can “change history”.
The potential advantages of Covid-Organics, haven’t been validated by any scientific examine.
That such expense was going to sweets in one of many world’s poorest nation’s sparked outrage, fanned by the Malagasy press, and the order was cancelled.
The minister defended the plan, but it surely was not thought of by the Cabinet, which relieved her of her duties in a dry assertion.
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