THE Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a "compassionate special permit" to a hospital to use the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

This comes despite repeated warnings from health experts that the drug had "little to no effect" on patients with Covid-19, with the World Health Organization prohibiting its use outside of clinical trials.

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