By Staff Reporter
MDC Alliance says there is no transparency and accountability in the choices of Covid-19 vaccines to both the health sector and the entire population.
In a statement weekend, MDC Alliance secretary for Health and Child Care, North American province Simbiso Ranga said medical professionals in Zimbabwe should lead the charge for success against Covid-19.
“How the vaccination program is managed will determine whether Zimbabwe succeeds or fails. The medical professionals should lead the charge for success.
“As much as the government determines policy regarding issues like Covid-19 regulations and vaccine choices, these policies should be based on the best advice of medical professionals and institutions.
Govt approves anti-parasitic COVID-19 drug
BY HARRIET CHIKANDIWA/RICHARD MUPONDE
GOVERNMENT has approved mass importation of the veterinary anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, as it battles the second wave of COVID-19 infections which have rattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration after killing five government ministers.
Robert Mudyiradima, the acting Health secretary wrote to the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) acting director-general Robert Rukwata directing that the drug be approved for use in the treatment of COVID-19 and that it could not “deny them (COVID-19 sufferers) effective treatment
regimes”.
“It is in this regard that authority is granted for you to proceed under section 75 of the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act to allow importation and use of these medicines under the supervision and guidance you outlined,” Mudyiradima wrote on January 26.
27 January 2021 - 14:14 By Lenin Ndebele The College of Primary Care Physicians of Zimbabwe said Ivermectin has shown positive results in the treatment of Covid-19 patients. Stock photo. Image: 123rf/Jarun Ontakrai
Doctors in Zimbabwe have formally appealed to the government for permission to use Ivermectin to treat Covid-19 patients, asserting the drug is part of a combination that has proved to be “a game-changer” on the ground.
The College of Primary Care Physicians of Zimbabwe (CPCPZ) said Ivermectin, used to treat many types of parasite infestations in animals, and Nanosilver, used for antibacterial and antifungal purposes in water treatment, have shown positive results in the past five months.