The Archbishop of Cameroon’s commercial capital, Douala, has denied reports that he has found a cure for Covid-19 but said he has been “studying plants for a long time”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Local media reported last week that Samuel Kleda had been offering a free treatment “based on plants he says he knows”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Archbishop Kleda told Cameroon’s Equinox TV that “taking into account the symptoms of people who are presented as infected with coronavirus, I apply recipes made from plants. I apply this treatment to them. They respond positively, that is, they feel better”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He however warned that he did not say he “found a cure for coronavirus. That I did not say”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Health Organization says it does not recommend “self-medication with any medicines… as a prevention or cure for Covid-19” and there is no proof that these can work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
International trials are under way to find an effective treatment, it adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After South Africa, Cameroon has the highest number of coronavirus cases in sub-Saharan Africa. Some 1,705 people have tested positive, 58 of whom have died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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