Pedro Sebastião, also head of the Security House of the President of the Republic, spoke to the press at the National Assembly, after the unanimous approval of the extension of the state of emergency, for the third time, for another 15 days, between 11 and 25 of this month, since the first declaration of 27 March.
"Our performance has a lot to do with what the WHO [World Health Organization] guides. We work a lot with the United Nations system, we are watching the discussion that goes around this 'Covid-organic'", he said.
According to Pedro Sebastião, in due course the Ministry of Health will comment, "because there are still a very small number of countries that have joined".
"We must be cautious, let's go slowly," said the coordinator of the Multisectoral Commission for Preventing and Combating Covid-19.
Pedro Sebastião said that if, "eventually, it proves by A + B that it is beneficial, Angola will necessarily embrace the point of view of other countries".
"For the time being, we are, like the vast majority of countries, watching the discussion and waiting for the communiqué, in a more scientific perspective regarding this", he stressed.
For anyone who wants to use the drug individually, the authorities are not opposed, said Pedro Sebastião, recalling that even in Angola there are "a series of products that are used to cure this or that disease".
The President of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, announced on April 22, the creation of 'Covid-Organics', a natural drink based on sagebrush developed by the country's Institute for Applied Research, to prevent and cure covid-19.
Since then, several African countries have expressed their intention to try the medicine and some, including Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea, have already received shipments of the drink.
The World Health Organization for Africa recommended last week that new therapies based on traditional pharmacology be subjected to rigorous testing before large-scale trials.
"Africans deserve to use drugs tested according to the rules applicable to drugs manufactured for people in the rest of the world," the organization said in a statement.
"Even when treatments are derived from nature and traditional practices, it is essential to establish their effectiveness and safety through rigorous clinical trials", he stressed.
