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Uganda Parliament Speaker's Claim of Covid-19 Cure Sparks Controversy

Halima Athumani

   KAMPALA, UGANDA - Uganda's speaker of Parliament has sparked
   controversy with a claim that a local pharmaceutical company is about
   to manufacture an alleged "cure" for the coronavirus. On Tuesday,
   Uganda's health minister warned against the spread of false information
   about the pandemic.

   While addressing lawmakers Monday, Ugandan Speaker of Parliament
   Rebecca Kadaga said that a local pharmaceutical company will start
   producing a cure for the coronavirus in two weeks' time.

   Her statement came after a meeting with Professor Sarfaraz Niazi, a
   scientist from the University of Illinois in the United States, and the
   proprietors of Dei Biopharma Uganda Limited.

   "A professor who manufactured the treatment for coronavirus in the
   U.S., and he has donated the patent to Uganda and within a fortnight,
   the treatment will be made here," Kadaga said. "It will be available on
   the market here, in Uganda. It's being made by a company called Dei
   International. Not that we should be relaxed, but there's hope."

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