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SAHPRA and the Health Minister were then hauled to court by the ACDP, among others, to make the drug available.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld an appeal by the South African Regulatory Authority for Health Products (Sahpra) and the health minister against a supervisory order in favour of the ACDP.
The World Health Organization has strongly advised against antibody treatments for Covid-19 patients, saying antibody drugs sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab are not working on new variants.
The health authority said there had been several developments regarding the evidence of the efficacy of Ivermectin since the controlled compassionate use programme was adopted.
Federal health officials warn that improper dosing of ivermectin, often used for worms in domestic animals, can cause nausea, dizziness, seizures, coma and even death.
Some people have claimed on social media that gargling with iodine can prevent the spread and severity of a Covid infection, suggesting it as an alternative to getting the vaccine.
Perhaps, until the – necessary – rigorous scientific and regulatory processes have concluded, it’s better to trust in vaccines which have been developed, evaluated, approved and monitored around the world, writes Carlo Jonkerman.
UWC is boosting the province’s Covid-19 vaccination roll-out drive by means of a qualified cohort of final-year nursing students acting as vaccinators.
Ivermectin has become the latest ground on which the battle between scientific process and misinformation is being fought, writes Jennifer Reich.