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SunStar May 11, 2021 Sometimes, I come to think that the debate over permitting Filipinos to use Ivermectin as treatment or prophylaxis (preventive medication) against Sars-CoV-2 may not be over safety at all but over self-interested profits from vaccine sales or whatever.
The issue of safety appears to be bloated unnecessarily. Logic can dissect these rationales easily.
First, Ivermectin is obviously safe even as used against parasitic infection and Bfad surely allowed its distribution in the Philippines. If prescribed within the recommended dose for anti-parasitic administration, then doing so in patients with Covid-19 will also be safe. These are the same human beings who will be receiving this medication.
Shoppers crowd at a marketplace in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 7. (AP Photo)
DHAKA India s surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh, with health experts warning of imminent vaccine shortages just as the country should be stepping up jabs and as more contagious virus variants are beginning to be detected.
On Saturday, health authorities said that for the first time, a coronavirus variant originally identified in India was found in Bangladesh, without providing further details. For weeks, South African variants have dominated the samples sequenced in Bangladesh. There are concerns that these versions spread more easily and that first-generation vaccines could be less effective against them.
As India surges, Bangladesh lacks jabs, faces virus variants
Julhas Alam
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Shoppers crowd at a marketplace in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 7, 2021. India s surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh. Health experts warn of imminent vaccine shortages just as the country should be stepping up its vaccination drive, and as more contagious virus variants are beginning to be detected. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
DHAKA – India s surge in coronavirus cases is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh, with health experts warning of imminent vaccine shortages just as the country should be stepping up jabs and as more contagious virus variants are beginning to be detected.
As India s COVID-19 cases surge, Bangladesh lacks vaccines, faces virus variants
On Saturday, health authorities said that for the first time, a coronavirus variant originally identified in India was found in Bangladesh, without providing further details.
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DHAKA: India s surge in coronavirus cases is having a serious effect on neighbouring Bangladesh, with health experts warning of imminent vaccine shortages just as the country should be stepping up jabs and as more contagious virus variants are beginning to be detected.
On Saturday, health authorities said that for the first time, a coronavirus variant originally identified in India was found in Bangladesh, without providing further details.