Anti-parasitic Drug Ivermectin Reduces COVID-19 Transmission by Karishma Abhishek on January 20, 2021 at 9:05 PM Early administration of Ivermectin can decrease the viral loads and symptom duration in patients with mild COVID-19. This may in turn lead to reduce viral transmission as per a small pilot study which is part of the SAINT project and has been led by the University of Navarra Clinic and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) published in the journal EClinicalMedicine, The Lancet. "Many efforts are focusing on developing treatments for COVID-19, but few are addressing how to reduce viral transmission," says study coordinator Carlos Chaccour, researcher at ISGlobal and physician at the University of Navarra Clinic.