Guinea-Bissau’s president says he will test the unproven coronavirus treatment on members of his government. Children in Madagascar are being given bottles of the concoction as they restart school after the loosening of a lockdown. And a Pennsylvania-based company is taking preorders for tea and coffee mixtures containing the substance. Artemisia annua, or sweet wormwood, a plant that belongs to the daisy family and whose extract is a standard treatment for malaria, is gathering attention among African politicians and some...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 12, 2020 12:22 UTC