Following reports from Gulu University stating that their herbal remedy COVILYCE has already cured over a 100 patients in Gulu district. President Museveni has given the team Shs3.7b to start producing the drug in mass quantities.
Museveni met the scientists from Gulu last night (Wednesday) at State House Entebbe. The Gulu University delegation was led by their Vice Chancellor Prof George Openyjuru Ladaah, but key member in the team was Dr Veronica Lamwaka, the pharmaceutical researcher behind the remedy.
Sources that attended the meeting said the president also directed the Ministry of Health to immediately clear Dr Lamwaka’s team to proceed with clinical trials. Lamwaka put her request for sh3.7 billion as a requirement to start producing COVILYCE in mass quantities and he reportedly accepted without hesitation.
Dr. Lamwaka says COVICYLE usually cures a patient presenting COVID-19 symptoms within 72 hours of starting treatment. COVICYLE comes in drops which are administered through the nose, mouth or ears. It also comes in suppositories (bullet shaped tablets which administered through the anus for rapid absorption via rectum walls for acute cases).
She also said that she has been using a volunteer crew of one hundred local herbalists to administer COVICYLE remedy to patients in the villages and monitoring their progress.
The National Drug Authority which was at first hesitant to clear the drug has also reportedly allowed COVICYLE to roll out.
The National Drug Authority which was at first hesitant to clear the drug has also reportedly allowed COVICYLE to roll out.