Allow Ivermectin for emergency Covid-19 treatment, govt urged

GEORGE TOWN – The Penang Consumers Association (CAP) has urged the government to allow Ivermectin to be used under emergency use authorisation alongside the ongoing vaccination programme to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

Its president Mohideen Abdul Kader said CAP supported the call of the Malaysian Alliance for Effective Covid-19 Control to make Malaysia the 32nd country to use the drug in its treatment and prevention programmes for the pandemic.

“Ivermectin is a low-risk, low-cost drug that is well-established and readily available. It has been used for decades even for other treatments.

“At this critical time of the pandemic, the government should seriously use Ivermectin for Covid-19 treatment along with the vaccination programme that has successfully provided 36.13% of the population the first dose (of the vaccine) and 16.9% with the second dose,” he said in a statement here today.

Mohideen said the use of Ivermectin to deal with the pandemic would give the people greater hope to restore normalcy in Malaysia. – Bernama, July 27, 2021