‘Ready to give preventive homeo med to schoolchildren’

Kochi: State government on Tuesday informed the high court that it has prepared an action plan to administer homeopathic Covid preventive medicines to children in view of school reopening on November 1.
The government told the court that it has given in-principle approval to the project submitted by the homeopathy department named ‘Karuthalodu Munnottu’.
An order issued by the government asking the director of homeopathy to procure the preventive medicines and to ensure that consent from parents are obtained prior to administering the medicines to school-going children was also produced before the court.
The government submission was in response to a plea by advocate MS Vineeth seeking a directive to the government to immediately administer homeopathic medicines to willing children in view of school reopening.
It was alleged by the petitioner that he had filed a representation before the government with the same demand but no action was taken.
Widespread use of homeopathic medicines against Covid-19 has been validated through two recent judgments by the Supreme Court and the high court, the petitioner had contended.