Maharashtra Govt Won't Allow Sale Of Patanjali's Covid Medicine 'Coronil'; Slams Centre For Promoting It

Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government has pointed out that the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has questioned the trials of Coronil while the WHO has refuted Patanajali Ayurveda's claims.

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Mumbai: Days after Yoga guru and Patanjali founder Baba Ramdev released a scientific research paper prepared by the Patanjali Research Institute on the "first evidence-based ayurvedic medicine" against coronavirus named Coronil, which was endorsed by several Union Ministers, Maharashtra government on Tuesday said that it will not allow the sale of Coronavirus vaccine in the state.

Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government has pointed out that the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has questioned the trials of Coronil while the World Health Organisation (WHO) has refuted Patanajali Ayurveda's claims.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#IMA</a> has questioned the said &#39;clinical trials&#39; of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Coronil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#Coronil</a> &amp; WHO refuted the false claims made by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Patanjali?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#Patanjali</a> Ayurveda for giving any certificate regarding its effectiveness for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#Covid19</a> treatment. (1/2)</p>&mdash; ANIL DESHMUKH (@AnilDeshmukhNCP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnilDeshmukhNCP/status/1364154324708810753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Speaking about the same, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said that the doubts have been raised on the 'clinical trials' of Coronil and also regarding false claims on its efficacy for Covid-19 treatment.

"Launching such a drug hurriedly and being endorsed by two senior Central ministers is highly deplorable. Sale of Coronil without proper certification from competent health organisations like WHO, IMA and others will not be permitted in Maharashtra," news agency IANS quoted the minister as saying. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Launching such a drug hurriedly and being endorsed by two senior Central Union Ministers is highly deplorable. Selling of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Coronil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#Coronil</a> without proper certification from competent health organizations like <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#WHO</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#IMA</a> and others will not be allowed in Maharashtra. (2/2)</p>&mdash; ANIL DESHMUKH (@AnilDeshmukhNCP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnilDeshmukhNCP/status/1364154326642425856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 23, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Patanjali Ayurveda had launched what it claimed to be India's first Ayurvedic medicines 'Coronil' and 'Swasari' to treat coronavirus in June 2020. 

Patanjali followed it up with the launch of Coronil and a scientific research paper in the presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on February 19.