By TED CORDERO, GMA News
Published April 9, 2021 3:59pm Business and civil society leaders have joined calls to allow the use of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to treat patients with COVID-19. In a joint appeal, the business and civil society leaders called on President Rodrigo Duterte, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, and House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco “to give serious, urgent and immediate attention to Ivermectin as an inexpensive drug to prevent and treat COVID-19 during this public health crisis. The business and civil society leaders requested that the President direct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health (DOH), and the Department of Science and Technology to do the following:
Atty. Joey Lina
Desperate times call for desperate measures. And the worsening public health crisis has intensified the desperation felt by many Filipinos.
Thus, leaders of the country’s top business and industry groups, including doctors’ and other professional organizations, have issued a frantic appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte and Congress leaders to make accessible the drug Ivermectin that is highly touted to be effective against the coronavirus.
In a letter signed on March 31, 2021, the multi-sectoral leaders pleaded with President Duterte, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, and Speaker Lord Allan Velasco “to give serious, urgent and immediate attention to Ivermectin as an inexpensive drug to prevent and treat COVID-19 during this public health crisis.”
Multisectoral group asks Malacanang to allow Ivermectin treatment for COVID-19 – Manila Bulletin mb.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mb.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.