Harapan health experts warn against pushing ivermectin before clinical trial results

Three Pakatan Harapan health experts have warned that the approval of any Covid-19 treatment, especially ivermectin, has to be based on science and data.

Former health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad, former deputy health minister Dr Lee Boon Chye and Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii also cited a recent study published yesterday by Cochrane, which showed strong evidence that ivermectin should not be used for the treatment and prevention of Covid-19, except in the context of clinical studies.

This comes after a number of MPs from the same coalition including R Sivarasa, Khalid Samad and Mohamad Sabu pressured Health Minister Dr Adham Baba over whether the government would look into ivermectin...