Doctors Call on President to Address Ivermectin Restrictions
Doctors Call on President to Address Ivermectin Restrictions Jan 18, 2021 Extensive research is being done around the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin use in fighting COVID-19. A petition signed by over 100 South African medical practitioners and penned in an open letter by Durban based Dr Naseeba Kathrada, is calling on President Ramaphosa to engage stakeholders in the matter. South African Health Products Authority (Sahpra), the medicine regulatory authority, is however firm in its stance that the drug is not fit for human consumption and until more research is done to prove otherwise, they ...