Ayush ministry allows sale of Patanjali's Coronil as immunity booster

| New Delhi |

After a week full of controversy, Patanjali's Coronil will finally be available in stores but only as an immunity booster.
The Ayush ministry on Wednesday permitted Patanjali to sell Coronil as long as it is advertised as an immunity booster and not a coronavirus 'cure'.
Yoga guru Ramdev�s Patanjali Ayurved also said there are no Ayush Ministry restrictions on selling Coronil, the drug the company recently launched as medicine for Covid-19 but is now calling it a product to �manage� the disease.
The Union ministry confirmed that Patanjali can sell the product but not as a cure for Covid-19.
�Ayush Ministry has only given permission to sell this particular formulation as an immunity booster and not as a medicinal cure for Covid-19,� it said.
At a press conference in Haridwar, Ramdev claimed the ministry has said that Patanjali did an �an appropriate job for Covid-19 management�.
�I want to tell people who want to try these medicines that there is no restriction on their sale now and they will be available in a kit everywhere in the country from today," he added, referring to Coronil and the two other products Patanjali is promoting together.
Ramdev said the Union ministry had asked him to use the term �Covid management� in place of �Covid treatment� and he is following the instruction.
The ayurvedic drug had received licensing from the Uttarakhand government, where Patanjali headquarters are located, to be sold as an immunity booster.
However, it ran into controversy after Patanjali founder and yoga guru Ramdev launched the drug and claimed it could cure coronavirus.