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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 8) —The Food and Drug Administration clarified Thursday it granted a hospital’s request for a compassionate special permit to use anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin against COVID-19.
FDA Director General Rolando Domingo first made the announcement in a briefing earlier in the day.
“Sa pagkakaalam ko po, may isang ospital na nag-apply ng compassionate special permit for the use of ivermectin at ito po ay na-grant na ngayong araw na ito,” FDA Director General Rolando Domingo said in a briefing.
[Translation: As far as I know, there is one hospital, which applied for a compassionate special permit for the use of Ivermectin and we granted them that today.]