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Watch | Patanjali, Ayush Ministry and the Ecosystem of Pseudoscience

How is vaccine diplomacy being played out at a time when COVID-19 cases are going up?
Seraj Ali
Feb 24 2021
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How is vaccine diplomacy being played out at a time when COVID-19 cases are going up?
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On February 19, the World Health Organisation issued a clarification stating that it had not reviewed or certified the effectiveness of any traditional medicine for the treatment of COVID-19.

This clarification was issued in the wake of the claim made by Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved that its 'Coronil' tablet had received certification from the WHO.

The Wire analyses the ecosystem of pseudoscience that surrounds COVID treatment in India.

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The Wire's founding editor M.K. Venu delves into how the private sector could scale up the vaccination drive and how vaccine diplomacy is being played out at a time when COVID-19 cases are going up.

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