“Several Covid-19 patients who took this ayurveda medicine showed good improvement and were cured. Bonigi Anandaiah is a renowned Ayurveda practitioner and he has found five medicinal combinations to cure Covid-19. His medicine is working… that is why there are so many people outside his house in Krishnapatnam”.
When questioned about the massive crowds gathered to collect the medicine who are not following any social distancing and Covid standards, he said the security officials on duty are doing their utmost to ensure that individuals keep social distance. The AP government reacted quickly when numerous health department officials and former IAS officers, including former health secretary P V Ramesh, labeled the big gatherings as a recipe for Covid disaster.
An official said, “Our MLA K Govardhan Reddy has been told not to promote or advertise this so-called miracle cure till the medical experts submit their reports. The CM is angry and upset over this”. The official added, “The government has decided to send the ayurvedic medicine, which is rumoured to be a miracle cure for Covid-19, to the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) for a detailed study of its efficacy. The government has also decided to send a team of medical experts including Ayurveda doctors to Nellore to examine the formulation of the medicine’’.
The supposed miracle medicine for Covid-19, also known as Krishnapatnam medicine or Krishnapatnam tonic, has become popular on social media, forcing hundreds of people to line outside Anandaiah’s residence at Nellore. Taking note of the massive gathering at Nellore and alarmed by social media, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, who is from Nellore district, requested Union Minister for Ayush Kiren Rijiju and ICMR Director Balram Bhargava to undertake a research on the drug and publish a report. An ICMR team has already arrived in Nellore to work with the AP team on the probe. The Nellore District SP has deployed a group of police officers to deal with any crowds that may assemble over the weekend.
