POFMA Office instructed to issue correction direction to Truth Warriors website for falsehoods on COVID-19 vaccines, ivermectin

MOH ADDRESSES FALSE CLAIMS ON IVERMECTIN

MOH stated that the Truth Warriors website additionally claimed that ivermectin prevents COVID-19 an infection, and that it's secure and efficient in treating COVID-19, even for pregnant girls.

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has "strongly advised" customers towards self-medicating with ivermectin.

In an advisory on Oct 5, it stated that "ivermectin is a prescription-only medicine registered in Singapore specifically for the treatment of parasitic worm infections".

"It is not an anti-viral medicine and is not approved by HSA for use in the prevention or treatment of COVID-19," it added.

The well being ministry stated that it and HSA are conscious of members of the general public making an attempt to import or use ivermectin to forestall or deal with COVID-19. 

"Self-medicating with ivermectin can be dangerous to one’s health," stated MOH, including that anybody convicted of of the unlawful sale of invermectin faces a high-quality of up to S$50,000, a jail time period of up to two years, or each.

Side results of self-medicating with the drug embody vomiting, diarrhoea, abdomen ache, neurologic opposed occasions comparable to dizziness, seizures and confusion, a sudden drop in blood stress, extreme pores and skin rash and liver damage. Invermectin can even work together with different medicines, comparable to blood thinners.

MOH stated the Truth Warriors website additionally shares user-collated and unverified knowledge on suspected vaccine accidents in Singapore, citing the SG Suspected Vaccine Injuries Telegram chat as its supply.

"We advise members of the public not to speculate and/or spread misinformation which may cause public alarm, and to refer to credible sources of information instead."