Prime Minister directs National Research Council to expedite tests on indigenous medicine for COVID-19

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has informed the National Research Council (NRC) of Sri Lanka to expedite the process of scientific validation of indigenous medicines and treatments developed for COVID-19.

Accordingly, the Prime Minister instructed the Council to work on scientifically proving the effectiveness of an indigenous cure presented by the University of Colombo, a medicine presented by Prof. Harsha Subasinghe and Indika Jagoda together with the medicinal syrup presented by Dr. Dammika Bandara from Kegalle.