Kenyan Regulators Approve a Chinese Herbal Treatment Linked to COVID-19 Even Before They Fully Tested It

Kenya’snational drug regulator, the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), granted certification to a Chinese herbal product that it hasn’t fully tested and that the company insinuates, without proof, can be used to help protect against COVID-19.

“We have gotten feedback from people who had used the product and they have felt better after using them but we have yet to conduct a study on the same,” said PPB Director of product registration and Evaluation, Dr. Ronald Inyangala.

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