ITI geared up to tackle COVID-19 with herbal products

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The Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) has manufactured several herbal products that can be used in the fight against coronavirus, Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardane told Daily Mirror yesterday.

“ITI has developed a hand sanitizer using turmeric and veniwel. Another liquid product has been manufactured to be used for throat infections. It is antibacterial and therefore can be used for gargling when infected with the virus,” he said.

The minister said he would seek Cabinet approval next week enabling ITI to market these products.

“Currently, ITI has no authority to market what it manufactures. It gets the private sector to do it. I asked ITI to market its products hereafter. We will evolve a piece of legislation to make provision for this,” he said.(Kelum Bandara)

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Saranga Walimuni Saturday, 11 April 2020 01:34 PM

Seriously without a vaccine these herbal things wouldn't work

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haris Saturday, 11 April 2020 02:10 PM

"It is antibacterial and therefore can be used for gargling when infected with the virus" -If it is antibacterial then it is for bacterial infections not viral. Don't risk the life of consumers on these fake products.

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