Does Bitter Kola Cure Ebola?

Assistant Health Minister for Preventive Services,
Tolbert Nyenswah, has disputed media reports
that the nut Garcinia Kola, called bitter kola
locally, is a cure for Ebola.
He said to date no vaccine or cure has been
found for Ebola.
A local daily reported Tuesday that the nut had
stopped the Ebola virus in test tubes in initial
laboratory experiments, experts, including a
Nigerian pharmacologist, revealed.
Assistant Minister Nyenswah made the bitter
kola-Ebola cure clarification at the regular
Thursday Ministry of Information press briefing
held at the Ministry in Monrovia.
Meanwhile, Minister Nyenswah is calling on the
public to report anyone or group of people
administering vaccines supposedly for the
prevention of Ebola or any form of drug or tablets,
herbs or injection in the communities to the
nearest police station.
He said the Health Ministry is also calling on
people not to listen to any information from
unknown individuals or groups, except that
provided by the Ministry of Health and partners.
According to Mr. Nyensuah, anyone caught
administering fake vaccine or tablets and even
spreading wrong information on the Ebola disease
would face prosecution.
In a related development, the Assistant Health
Minister has disclosed that 11persons have
survived the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia.
He also announced that four additional counties
have been re-categorized as response counties,
bringing the total number of counties affected by
the Ebola virus in Liberia to seven.
The counties are Montserrado, Margibi, Bomi,
Grand Cape Mount, Bong, Lofa, and Nimba.
Assistant Minister Nyenswah said as at July 16,
179 Ebola cases have been reported with 67
confirmed, while at least 105 deaths have been
recorded with 48 confirmed Ebola deaths since
the second wave of the Ebola virus outbreak in
Liberia from May 29 to July 16, 2014.
Source
www.allafrica.com