Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, frustrated by the slow pace of Covid-19 vaccinations in his country, threatened people who refuse to get inoculated with jail or an injection of Ivermectin, an anti-parasite drug widely used to treat animals.
Ivermectin has been touted as an alternative treatment for Covid-19 but US and European regulators and the World Health Organization (WHO) have recommended against it.
"You choose, vaccine or I will have you jailed," Mr Duterte said in a televised address, following reports of low turnout at several vaccination sites in the capital Manila.
https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0622/1229628-coronavirus-global/
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