Maharashtra bans Patanjali's Coronil medicine for COVID-19

Patanjali, which has claimed to have made Coronil as a treatment for COVID-19, has been banned in Maharashtra. Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh announced this in a tweet. Patanjali has earlier got a permit to sell medicine to boost immunity and cough, fever, etc.

Mumbai: Maharashtra announced a ban on the sale of Coronil, a medicine prepared by Patanjali group of companies, for COVID-19. Earlier Patanjali has got a permit to sell medicines to boost immunity, cough and fever.

State home minister Anil Deshmukh has made this announcement in a tweet. He said that we will get information about whether the National Institute of Medical Science has taken a clinical trial of the medicine. He warned that nobody will be permitted to sell spurious medicines in Maharashtra.

"The National Institute of Medical Sciences, Jaipur will find out whether clinical trials of the Coronil medicine were done at all. An abundant warning to Baba Ram Dev that Maharashtra won't allow sale of spurious medicines," he tweeted.

Baba Ramdeo had announced that Coronil will be available in the market soon by Patanjali. But, following a notice by the central government, Uttarakhand state Ayurved department also served a notice to Patanjali in this respect.

The department has asked the group to explain how it got permission for Corona kit and on which basis they were claiming Coronil to be a treatment for COVID-19.

According to state Ayurved department officials, Patanjali group was permitted to sell medicines for cough, fever, but Coronavirus was not mentioned in that letter. Meanwhile, Patanjali group claimed that tests for Coronil medicine were conducted on patients and the results were hundred per cent correct.

Baba Ramdeo had claimed that, after consuming this medicine, 70 per cent of patients became Corona free within three days and 100 per cent patients recovered within 7 days.

He said that medicine has been prepared with following all the rules. While the world is busy in research to find a vaccine for COVID-19, netizens severely criticized Ramdeo for his claims. As the falseness of his claims found, AYUSH ministry also refused to grant a permit to Baba Ramdeo for Coronil. Now, Anil Deshmukh has also announced refusal for sale of medicine in the state.

Baba Ramdeo claimed to have found medicine for COVID-19 and he was squarely criticized for it. Reactions erupted from all over on this medicine.

A war of words has now started between Maharashtra home minister and BJP MLA Ram Kadam. While answering Anil Deshmukh’s allegation that, Coronil is a spurious medicine, Ram Kadam said that it is not proper to label a medicine spurious even without testing it.

Kadam further said that, contrary to Maharashtra home minister claims, Baba Ramdeo has got NIMS approval. The life of Baba Ramdeo is dedicated to Yoga, spirituality and patriotism and sacrifice.

Crores of people have faith in him and if he brings medicine for their welfare, it is wrong to label it as spurious. Such type of words should not be used for Baba Ramdeo by Maharashtra minister, he warned.