Mad rush for Covid concoction in AP

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
thousands of people, including critical Covid patients in ambulances, queued up for the concoction for hours, awaiting their turn in
serpentine lines at Krishnapatnam village in Nellore district on Friday.The mixture was being distributed by Anandaiah, a self-proclaimed
Ayurvedic practitioner, free of cost for nearly a month, before the Nellore district administration a couple of days back ordered temporary
programme on Friday, causing desperate people to rush there for the scientifically unproven mixture
A team of Ayurvedic doctors from the Department of Ayush has been sent to enquire about the medicine and submit a report to the
government.The expert team reported that none of those who took the concoction complained of any ill-effects and mentioned that one of the
medicine with natural ingredients and no harmful substances are used
crowds and even resorted to a slight lathi-charge to disperse the huge gathering.As not only infected but also critically ill patients were
also taken to the village in ambulances, the organisers were uncertain whether to continue the process or halt it in view of the draining
stocks
They were seen urging crowds to go back to their places, assuring that they would mail the medicine to their doorsteps through a courier
facility, once they obtain approvals from the government
only oral preparation on Friday and skipped the eye drops.