Archbishop Samuel Kleda of Douala has claimed that a herbal potion he developed has saved thousands and "defeated Covid-19 in Cameroon". Speaking at a press conference on September 10, the 61-year-old archbishop said that “9,071 patients have benefited from the treatment both in Cameroon and abroad, including the United States, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Zambia and Gabon." A former president of the Cameroon Catholic Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Kleda has headed the coastal diocese of Douala for over a decade and has practised traditional medicine for around thirty years. He developed his “Elixir Covid” remedy for coronavirus earlier in the year using African medicinal plants, including Trichilia emetica and a variety of aloe vera.