A group of inmates at a jail in the US state of Arkansas are taking legal action, saying they were unknowingly prescribed the horse deworming drug Ivermectin to treat Covid-19.
Small doses of Ivermectin are approved for use on humans, but health officials have warned against its use for Covid.
Anti-vaccine activists and conspiracy theorists have been promoting the drug as an alternative to vaccination.
The doctor who administered the drug said no inmates were forced to take it.
In a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the inmates said that after contracting Covid they were given a “cocktail of drugs” they were told contained vitamins, antibiotics and steroids.
It said they had been administered Ivermectin without prior informed consent.
Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC
