📅 22 July 2020
WHO and Africa CDC launched a 25-member committee to advise on testing proposed traditional therapies for COVID-19.
📅 22 July 2020
The newly launched panel emphasized clinical trials that assess efficacy, safety and quality; it did not certify a COVID-19 remedy.
📅 22 July 2020
Members came from research institutions, regulators, traditional medicine programmes and civil society across the region.
📅 22 July 2020
Regional director Matshidiso Moeti said that research into potential traditional COVID-19 therapies needed a scientific foundation.
