Panaji: Goa government will start distributing ivermectin tablets as a part of prophylaxis treatment against COVID-19 in next 48 hours, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Monday.
In a series of tweets on Monday, Rane wrote “we shall be distributing Ivermectin tablets in the state of Goa in the next 48 hours in association with our WCD (Women and Child Development) department and Anganwadi workers. Our Anganwadi workers will be distributing the same in households.”
“Held a meeting with all our officials incuding Director WCD Smt Deepali Naik, Deputy Director WCD Smit Jyoti Desai, Dean of GMC Dr Bandekar, Director DHS Dr D’Sa and Dr Kedar Raikar with regards to treatment using Ivermectin and distribution of the same,” he said in another tweet.
Goa government last week had announced that ivermectin – an orally administered drug used to treat parasitic infections – will be given to all adults in the state irrespective of their coronavirus status as a preventive treatment.
Rane had said that the people will be given ivermectin 12 mg for five days as expert panels from the UK, Italy, Spain and Japan have found a statistically significant reduction in mortality, time to recovery and viral clearance in COVID-19 patients treated with this medicine.
