Eastern Cape health department to probe 'prescription' for animal drug Ivermectin, touted as cure for Covid-19 in humans

The department will investigate a prescription for the controversial drug Ivermectin, which appears to have been signed at Tayler Bequest Hospital in Matatiele.

Zimbabwe is officially allowing the use of ivermectin to treat Covid-19, as the third wave of infections sets in. Stock photo.
Zimbabwe is officially allowing the use of ivermectin to treat Covid-19, as the third wave of infections sets in. Stock photo. (123rf/Jarun Ontakrai)

The Eastern Cape health department will investigate a prescription for Ivermectin, the controversial drug used in the treatment of animals but touted as a Covid-19 cure, which appears to have been signed at Tayler Bequest Hospital in Matatiele. It also carries the department’s stamp.

The medication has not been sanctioned by either the health department or the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra). 

Sahpra prohibited the drug for human consumption last month after it emerged on several social media platforms that it was being promoted as a cure for Covid-19.

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