Public demand for Alkozai’s Covid-19 droplet increases

KABUL (Pajhwok): Public demand for Hakim Alkozai’s droplets has increased following a dramatic surge in positive Covid-19 cases and continued decline in temperature
The number of Covid-19 positive cases jumped from 39 to 270 daily, with the temperature plummeting to minimum -7.
It is pertinent to mention here that two years ago when positive Covid-19 cases surged, Hakim Alkozai claimed inventing a droplet that treats Covid-19. He formally announced distributing the droplet to people.
TheMinistry of Public Health then claimed Hakim Alkozai’s droplet contained morphine and opium.
Hakim Alkozai said his remedy was effective against Covid-19 and its variants such as Omicron.
Recently, following a surge in Covid-19 cases, Alkozai accelerated distribution of his droplet to people.
A Pajhwok reporter who visited Alkozai’s office in Kabul’s Sherpour area witnessed 30 people in 40 minutes coming to buy the droplet from Alkozai.
Hakim Alkozai said his droplet was effective against new Omicron variant of Covid-19 and added that since making the medicine he had so far distributed over 14 million doses.
He said currently he has offices in Kabul, Herat, and Kandahar provinces and hundreds of people referred to his offices daily.
He said recently around 3,000 people referred to his offices in different provinces daily. He said public demand for the droplet has surged and he has accelerated the production of droplet as well.
People believe Hakim Alkozai’s droplet is effective against Covid-19
People referring to Alkozai’s offices for the droplet said it was effective against Covid-19. They said they used it in the past and provided effective result therefor they referred again.
Dil Agha, a resident of Chilsaton area, said one of his family member was suffering from Covid-19 and he visited Alkozai’s office to get the droplet.
He said many of his friends used the droplet and they were satisfied with the positive outcome of the medicine.
Haji GhulamHazrat, a resident of Kandahar province, said the anti-Covid-19 droplet made by Hakim Alkozai was effective against Covid-19.
“Three times I took this droplet for patients. It was effective, me and our family friends have used this droplet and we got recovered,” he said.
The droplet is addictive: Experts
Health experts say the droplets made by Alkozai are not based on scientific approach, not verified and neither safe for humans. They say no one should use the droplet.
Dr. Zalmai Reshtin, head of Afghan-Japan Hospital in Kabul, told Pajhwok that people infected with Covid-19 experienced pain and the droplet could help only to ease that pain.
As per the statements of the previous leadership of the Ministry of Public Health, Alkozi droplets are a combination of narcotics, such as opioids, he said.
“This droplet is made of drugs and can only soothe the pain, but it cannot cure coronavirus,” he said.
Reshtin said that Alkozai’s droplets included narcotics and it could be addictive to people who consumed it. He asked people to avoid using the droplets.
Meanwhile, Dr. Baz Mohammad Shirzad, a former senior adviser at the Ministry of Public Health, says that composition of Alkozai’s droplets is unscientific, unstable and unsafe for humans and should not be used by people.
“The herbalist does not know the virus nor the difference between a virus and infection, and the types and transformations of viruses is far from understanding of even virologists, while Alkozai has no clue about it,” he said.
He called on officials of the Ministry of Public Health to create commissions comprised of pharmacists to research the composition of the droplets and its safety for humans.
He said a sample of the droplets should be shared with the World Health Organization (WHO) for analyzingthe it and then share the results with the Afghan government.
“We live in the 21st century, research facilities are available, and without standard research, all theories are just rumors,” he said.
Dr. Naeemaullah Waziri, one of the doctors in charge of ICU at Afghan-Japan Hospital, also said that the droplets made by Alkozai included narcotics and it only eased pain.
He said that the droplets effects on human were temporary and the drug contained morphine and other painkillers, which was ineffective for people infected by Covid-19.
However, the Ministry of Public Health has not yet responded to comment about the issue.
According to the Ministry of Public Health, more than 850,851 coronavirus tests have been performed, of which 161,290 positive cases have been recorded. So far, 146,462 people have recovered and 7,405 people died from the disease.