The government of Venezuela says it has started the certification process for a drug that would inhibit covid-19

(CNN Español) – The Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, announced on Monday the start of certification and registration procedures with the World Health Organization (WHO) of a molecule that “inhibits 100%” the coronavirus.

“We want to inform that we have formalized this study, this discovery, before the WHO initiates the international procedures that correspond in view of the certification and registration of this very important and transcendental discovery,” Rodríguez from Caracas said on Monday.

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A video shared this Monday by the government shows Rodríguez and Venezuelan foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, meeting with Dr. Pier Paolo Balladelli, WHO representative in Venezuela. “We had the opportunity and the opportunity to share with Balladelli, we provided him with precise information on this line of research conducted by the Venezuelan scientific community,” said Rodríguez.

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The interrogated president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, explained Sunday that, in “preclinical studies”, a group of Venezuelan researchers identified and isolated “a molecule belonging to a medicinal plant” that inhibits the coronavirus 100%.

According to a statement from the People’s Power Ministry for Science and Technology, Maduro said it is the DR-10 molecule and that it is a highly effective antiviral component against the novel coronavirus.

At the moment, there is no scientific evidence to support the claims of the Venezuelan authorities.

Up to this Tuesday, according to data from the Maduro government, Venezuela has recorded 777 deaths related to the coronavirus and over 90,000 cases. Of these patients, authorities say 84,444 have recovered.