{"id":4311,"date":"2020-06-06T17:10:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T17:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=4311"},"modified":"2020-06-06T17:10:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T17:10:56","slug":"madagascar-minister-fired-over-2m-lollipop-sweets-order-for-coronavirus-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=4311","title":{"rendered":"Madagascar minister fired over $2m lollipop (sweets) order for coronavirus treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Madagascar&#8217;s education minister has been fired over plans to order more than $2m (US dollars) worth of sweets for school children. <br><br>Rijasoa Andriamanana the education minister told Madagascar people that  pupils would be given three lollipops each to mask the &#8220;bitter&#8221; aftertaste of an untested herbal remedy for coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"460\" src=\"http:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/MADEAGASCAR-EDUATION-MINISTER-SACKED-OVER-LOLIOP.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/MADEAGASCAR-EDUATION-MINISTER-SACKED-OVER-LOLIOP.jpeg 664w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/MADEAGASCAR-EDUATION-MINISTER-SACKED-OVER-LOLIOP-300x208.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><figcaption> President Andry Rajoelina is promoting the herbal tonic Covid-Organics as a coronavirus cure. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>President Andry Rajoelina is promoting the herbal tonic Covid-Organics as a coronavirus cure. <br><br>Several African countries continue to import Covid-Organics believing it will help combat the virus, but the World Health Organization has warned that no proven cure exists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plan was called off after objections from Madagascar&#8217;s president. The President fired the Minister as it would have brought accountability issues in a country with failing Health Sytem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madagascar&#8217;s National Medical Academy has also cast doubt on the efficacy of the artemisia-based drink, saying it had the potential to damage people&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madagascar&#8217;s education minister has been fired over plans to order more than $2m (US dollars) worth of sweets for school children. Rijasoa Andriamanana the education minister told Madagascar people that pupils would be given three lollipops each to mask the &#8220;bitter&#8221; aftertaste of an untested herbal remedy for coronavirus. President Andry Rajoelina is promoting the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4314,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4311\/revisions\/4314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}