Maharashtra won't allow sale of Ramdev's Coronil

June 25, 2020 12:51

The Maharashtra government today said the sale of Patanjali Ayurveda's 'Coronil', touted by the Baba Ramdev-led company to be a cure for Covid-19, will not be allowed in the state.

Home Minister Anil Deshmukh tweeted a warning to the yoga guru, saying, the state will not allow the sale of spurious medicines.

"An abundant warning to @yogrishiramdev that Maharashtra won't allow sale of spurious medicines," the Maharashtra Home Minister said.

Deshmukh said the National Institute of Medical Sciences, Jaipur will find out whether clinical trials of Patanjali Ayurveda's 'Coronil' were done at all.

The Home Minister of Maharashtra had on Wednesday welcomed the move of the Ayush Ministry to ban the advertisement of Coronil. "Claims of a cure for Corona without sharing clinical trials, sample size details, registration with authorities can't be acceptable. It's great that @moayush banned such advt. There can be no compromise with public health & well-being at all," Anil Deshmukh tweeted.

Patanjali Ayurveda claimed that it has found a cure for coronavirus infection on Tuesday.

Hours after the launch of Coronil, the Union Ayush Ministry had asked the firm to provide the details, telling it to stop advertising it till the issue is examined.

Patanjali Ayurved Ltd was asked to provide details of the name and composition of the medicines being claimed for coronavirus infection treatment, information on sites or hospitals where the research study was conducted and the protocols followed, besides details of the Institutional Ethics Committee clearance and CTRI registration among others.

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