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Source: The Miami Herald
As scientists around the world speed up clinical trials to find a cure or vaccine for the coronavirus, the Cuban government will begin distributing a homeopathic remedy to the elderly and other vulnerable people to prevent the spread of the disease, a top health official said.
Dr. Francisco Durán, national director of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health, said in a press conference on Sunday that sublingual drops of the compound PrevengHo-Vir prevent different diseases such as influenza, the common cold, dengue, and emerging viral infections such as this one.
On Monday, Durán tried to correct his statements and said that the product does not prevent contagion but rather increases resistance, the bodys defenses against a certain virus.
Several state media outlets reported that PrevengHo-Vir is already being used in various Cuban provinces to treat the elderly and other groups vulnerable to the coronavirus. There is no internet record of PrevengHo-Vir, other than press reports about the announcement of its distribution in Cuba.
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