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next day. The medicine has been tested on some infected patients and has
reportedly worked successfully. The department which discovered the medicine
in relation COVID-19 is [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMRA IMRA] (Institut Malgache de Recherches Appliquées) which was founded by [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Rakoto_Ratsimamanga Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga] who in 1975 originally introduced Artemisia plants in Madagascar. The use of Artemisia is also a recognised by the World Health Organisation as an effective plant-based treatment against Malaria. The president also summarised that out of the 120 cases to-date 57 were imported while 63 were contact cases within the country.
'''18 April 2020:''' 3 new infected cases today (120 in total). 2 healed persons (35 in total). 85 active cases. 2 of the infected persons were in Tana and 1 in Antsinanana.