‘On Jan 22, it was announced that the Ministry of Health (MOH) would be conducting clinical trials for two medicines, Ivermectin and Favipiravi, to determine their efficacy in treating Covid-19. Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has acknowledged that Ivermectin "is cheap, easily available and safe for use." But in Malaysia, it is only licensed for use in animals...
‘In view of the worsening case on Covid-19 infections in our country, many unanswered questions and lack of data on the long term safety aspects of the Pfizer experimental mRNA vaccine (which our country has already been ordered) and the current production problems faced by vaccine manufacturers overseas (with the possibility of delays), the government here should have a "PLAN B".
‘It should quickly approve Ivermectin to provide a safe, cheap and effective "weapon" against Covid-19. The clinical trials by MOH on the efficacy of Ivermectin can continue but we should not need to wait (and let many more people suffer and die from Covid-19 in the meantime) since Ivermectin has ALREADY been PROVEN to be VERY SAFE over the last 30 years or so.
‘What have we got to lose by approving Ivermectin today in Malaysia as an option for doctors to prescribe against Covid-19?’
Read here (New Straits Times, Feb 7, 2021)
