South Africa: Ivermectin floods black market as drug against Covid-19
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Boxes of ivermectin seized by South African police.
© South African Police Service (SAPS)
By: Romain Chanson Follow
3 min
In South Africa, doctors are pushing to authorize ivermetcine as a drug against Covid-19.
Online publications advertise it as a miracle cure.
Ivermectin is a well-known anti-parasitic, used in particular against the pulses.
In South Africa this medicine is only authorized for veterinary use.
But its newfound popularity has exploded its demand fueling the black market.
South Africa
Coronavirus