ISTANBUL, INDIA. (THECOUNT) — Swami Chakrapani Maharaj, president of Hindu Mahasabha, said on Friday that “cow urine” and “cow dung” can effectively be used to treat the deadly coronavirus disease.

He also said that a special ritual or “yagna” will be performed to “kill the novel coronavirus and end its effects on the world.”

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“Consuming cow urine and cow dung will stop the effect of infectious coronavirus. A person who chants Om Namah Shivay and applies cow dung on body, will be saved. A special yagna ritual will soon be performed to kill coronavirus,” said Chakrapani.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the new coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency after the death toll in China rose to 213 on Friday, with 9,692 confirmed cases in the country’s 31 provincial-level regions, reports Indiatvnews.

An Air India flight service will evacuate Indians stuck in the city Wuhan due to the outbreak of the virus.

Coronavirus has progressively spread across many countries from its epicentre in Wuhan.

U.S. officials have not commented on the proposed cow feces cure or its effectiveness in treating the deadly virus.

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