Thinh said that the department proposed leaders of the Ministry of Health use Andrographis Paniculata while treating COVID-19 patients and this was approved by the Ministry of Health and the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control.
Thinh noted that the herbal medicine was used in Bac Giang and Bac Ninh to treat the early stages of COVID-19 with positive results and the remedy is now to be used in the South.
The herbal medicine has been used by a number of countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand.
*The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City has just sent a dispatch requesting associations, organisations and public non-business units under the City Health Department mobilise more volunteers with medical expertise to participate in the fight against the pandemic.
Volunteers are expected to participate in a number of tasks such as examining and treating COVID-19 patients, taking care of severe patients and suspected cases, transporting patients to designated locations and samples within treatment units.
In addition, they will also participate in taking samples for testing and tracing, disinfection spraying, transporting goods, working at isolated areas, and others.
