VCO Shows High Recovery Rate for Covid-19 Patients

The clinical trials being conducted by the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) on virgin coconut oil (VCO) as food supplement to help in the treatment of probable Covid-19 cases in Santa Rosa, Laguna continues to show high recovery rate. 
Dr. Imelda Agdeppa, DOST assistant scientist and DOST-FNRI officer-in-charge of the Nutritional Assessment and Monitoring Division who is also leading the DOST-FNRI VCO clinical trials in Santa Rosa, said they have seen practically a 100 percent recovery of the subjects in the trial. She said that of the 47 participants, 30 have finished the program and gone home.
The study is a double blind, randomized trial.  One group was given meals applied with VCO, while another group given meals with no VCO mixed in the food. Agdeppa explained that the clinical trials covered a period of 28 days, while the quarantine period was for 14 days.  The target was 56 patients for the trial.  
The trial is being done in collaboration with the DOST-Calabarzon, the Philippine Coconut Authority, and the local government of Santa Rosa.