Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina officially launched on Monday, in large sips, a remedy based on local medicinal plants capable, according to him, of preventing and curing patients sick with the new coronavirus. Image: AFP. Antananarivo, MADAGASCAR: The president of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina has officially launched a local herbal remedy claimed to prevent and cure the novel coronavirus. "Tests have been carried out -- two people have now been cured by this treatment, " Rajoelina told ministers, diplomats and journalists at the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (IMRA), which developed the beverage. " This herbal tea gives results in seven days ," he said. Downing a dose, he said: " I will be the first to drink this today, in front of you, to show you that this product cures and does not kill." The drink, which has been called Covid-Organics, is derived from artemisia -- a plant with proven efficacy in malaria treatm