Pretoria - The Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, finally issued an order yesterday allowing for medicine that contained ivermectin as an active ingredient to also be used for the treatment of Covid-19 if so prescribed by a doctor.
The order also determines that access to imported ivermectin may be provided in accordance with the provisions of the act. “Patients can then use this prescription to buy ivermectin from any pharmacy where it is available,” said Barend Uys, the head of research at AfriForum. Any party to the application may also approach the court by way of a notice of motion and supplementary affidavits, for relief pertaining to any further aspects relating to the administration and allowance of the use of ivermectin as a treatment against Covid-19.
Four different groups, apart from Coetzee and AfriForum, brought applications to allow for the use of ivermectin.