Viral News / Why are people eating the medicine given to the horse in this country?

A shocking incident had recently come to light in Shamli, UP when the anti-rabies vaccine was replaced instead of the corona vaccine. However, during the Corona period, strange situation is being seen in many other countries as well. People in the Philippines who are struggling badly with corona are using the drug used for the horse as the corona vaccine.

The Philippines is struggling with a vaccine shortage and people's trust in the administration of the epidemic has also decreased. Apart from this, the number of patients is continuously increasing in many hospitals in the Philippines. In such a situation, people are under lot of stress about the vaccine and are using a drug called ivermectin for immediate remedy without worrying about the side-effects.

This drug is used on horses. In the month of March, 700 times more online searches were conducted in the Philippines regarding this drug. The effect of this drug is such that some politicians and social media influencers in the country are also promoting this drug as Corona vaccine.

In the Philippines, this drug has not been registered for human use. That is, selling this drug is illegal in the Philippines. In a statement, Merck, a company that manufactures ivermectin, has also said in a statement that scientists have not found this drug as a corona vaccine, but despite this the popularity of this drug is increasing.

One problem with the use of ivermectin medicine is the presence of different versions of it. In the US, a version of this drug has been approved for the treatment of humans, but for tropical disease and Lice. Use of this medicine is not permitted in corona disease. At the same time, this drug has not been approved for humans in the Philippines.

Explain that as of April 9, there are more than 1 lakh 67 thousand corona infected people in the Philippines. Due to Corona, more than 14 thousand people have died in this country. According to local media, many people are dying at home for lack of treatment.

Apart from this, there are many people who are dying outside the hospital due to lack of beds. In such circumstances, whatever is giving them relief from this problem, they are trying to adopt it.

There are many confusions with this medicine. In the US, one version of this drug can be used on humans, but not only as a corona vaccine for tropical diseases. Apart from this, concerns regarding the dosage of this medicine have also come to light.

The US Food and Drug Administration has also released the side effects of this drug, the same WHO has said that this drug should be used only in clinical trials.

Many believe that with this drug they can protect themselves from getting corona or better recover from this epidemic. Although the administration of the Philippines has also issued a warning about this drug, but despite this the market of this drug is flourishing on social media, chat groups and e-commerce sites.