âMy dad died from Covid-19 while waiting for ivermectin application approvalâ
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A man from Plettenberg Bay died of Covid-19 while his family waited on the hope that his application for the use of ivermectin would be approved.
Tanya Johnson lost her father, Herman van der Westhuizen, 62, after a month-long battle with the virus. He passed away on 31 January, two weeks after his application for the use of ivermectin was sent to the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra).
His application has still not been approved despite the health regulator saying in a press release in January: âSahpra undertakes to respond to all applications for individual, named patient access within 24 hoursâ.