African flower power emerges as a possible Covid beater

More research and development needed, but study could lead to breakthrough

26 June 2022 - 00:00
By Tanya Farber

Far more money was invested in the pharmaceutical development of Covid vaccines than in treatments. But this week, as SA returns to "normal" state after two years of disease-preventing protocols, the University of the Free State has made a breakthrough with a potential treatment derived from plants.

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