Over 200 000 people registered for vaccination programme - Pharmacy association Updated
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The Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA) has called on South Africans to continue to register for the Covid-19 mass vaccination programme.
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The association s CEO Jackie Maimin says the registration process is running smoothly. What I can tell you is that the registration so far is going extremely well and yesterday morning, they were already over two hundred thousand people that registered on the electronic vaccine data system and it is going extremely well. What we are urging everybody is that people who do not have access to smartphone or internet, other people must assist them but so far we are very happy, the platform has been very stable, and we haven t heard any complaints.
Social media pressure blamed for court ruling on the use of Ivermectin to treat Covid-19
By Manyane Manyane
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Johannesburg - The Pharmaceutical Society of SA (PSSA) believes the Gauteng High Court ruling to allow doctors to use ivermectin to treat Covid-19 patients was influenced by social media.
The organisation’s manager Ivan Kotze said the court verdict showed the power of social media because people used the platform to call on SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) to approve the drug.
On Tuesday, the high court issued an order by agreement with the SAHPRA, to allow doctors to start ivermectin treatment.
For decades, treatment of asthma has involved two different types of inhalers, explains Johannesburg-based doctor Marlin McKay who practices at the Goldman Medical Centre: “Many asthmatic patients use a maintenance inhaler which contains an anti-inflammatory medicine; they also use a symptom reliever inhaler which is blue in colour and contains an item which opens up the airways also known as short-acting beta2 agonists (SABA).
“Asthma patients frequently underuse anti-inflammatory maintenance therapy and instead, over-rely on SABA reliever therapy which provides rapid and temporary relief. The problem with this approach is it can mask the worsening of symptoms and actually increases the risk of asthma attacks.”
South African healthcare experts are urging the government to share a detailed plan for administering COVID-19 vaccines with private sector partners who are offering their help, warning infrastructure bottlenecks will otherwise delay the rollout.