Yog guru Ramdev on Wednesday claimed that there is no restriction on Patanjali Ayurved’s Swasari Coronil kit for “COVID management” and now it will be available across the country.
Addressing a press conference, Ramdev said: “AYUSH Ministry said that Patanjali has done appropriate work for Covid management. It said that Patanjali has started working in the right direction. We have procured a license for these medicines from the state department which is connected with AYUSH Ministry… The AYUSH Ministry said that Patanjali worked for COVID management. The treatment word is not used. These medicines have no metallic items.”
Replying to a notice sent by the Uttarakhand government, Patanjali Ayurved on Monday claimed that it has not promoted any kit to treat Coronavirus but only shared with the media the successful trial of medicine.
Patanjali Ayurved last week launched a drug called Coronil, claiming that it had cured within a week all COVID-19 patients who took part in a trial conducted at the privately-run National Institute of Medical Sciences in Jaipur. The claim triggered a row with the Union AYUSH ministry telling the firm not to sell the self-touted “cure” until it has examined the issue.
Uttarakhand’s Ayurveda department said the firm had only applied for a licence to manufacture an immunity booster and not a cure for COVID-19. In its reply to the department’s notice, the Haridwar-based company backtracked from its claim of finding a ‘cure’ of COVID-19.
The company said it has not sold any product called Corona Kit, nor has it publicised it as a treatment against Coronavirus. But it added, “We have only promoted the successful trial of the medicine before the media.” The company said it had only packed medicines named Divya Swasari Vati, Divya Coronil tablet and Divya Anu Tel in a carton for shipping purposes. It also claimed that it has not violated any law and the question of action against it does not arise.
Ramdev said that Patanjali has conducted randomized, double-blinded, and placebo-controlled clinical trials. “In 3 days, 69%, 100% patients tested negative in 7 days. We submitted data to the Ayush Ministry. We have submitted research of our clinical trials to Ayush Ministry. Our research is in line with all protocols,” he said
He informed that Patanjali has completed three-level research of more than 10 diseases.
“We have done clinical trials on coronavirus. We have completed three-level research of more than 10 diseases including hypertension, heart diseases, asthma, arthritis, dengue, chikungunya, swine flu. We are not doing research on virology for the first time,” he said.
An FIR was registered in Jaipur against Ramdev, Patanjali CEO Acharya Balkrishna and others for their claim to develop a cure for the coronavirus.
Speaking on this, Ramdev said: “It seems that work of Yog and Ayurved inside India is a crime. FIRs have been lodged at hundreds of places in the same way cases are registered a traitor and a terrorist.”
“We have a team of 500 scientists who are working day and night. We have showcased data of our clinical trials on coronavirus, it has hit hard drug mafia, MNCs, forces which were working against swadeshi,” he said.
