Home ivermectin based kits in India



Goa, home medical kit with ivermectin, zinc and vitamin D

Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant in the presence of Minister for Health Shri

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/coronavirus-all-adults-in-goa-to-be-given-ivermectin-drug/article34532312.ece

https://www.goa.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Home-Isolation-Monitoring-Kits-For-COVID-19-Launched.pdf

Pulse Oximeter

Digital Thermometer

Paracetamol tablets (15)

Vitamin C tablets (30)

Multivitamin tablets with Zinc (30)

Vitamin D3 tablets (2 packs)

Ivermectin 12mg tablets (10)

Doxycycline 100mg tablets (10)

Three-ply face masks (5)

N-95 Masks (2)

Sanitizer (100ml)

Alcohol based Wipes (1 box with 20 plies)

Gloves (2 pairs)

UP
Population 204 million

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/no-fresh-covid-cases-in-up-s-59-districts-australian-mp-praises-yogi-govt-101631606229422.html

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-with-fewer-side-effects-ivermectin-still-used-widely-in-india-despite-who-recommendation-against-it/article34540312.ece

No fresh Covid cases in UP’s 59 districts

Last 24 hours, 191,446 samples tested

33 samples tested positive

Test Positivity Rate, lower than 0.01

Active caseload

Currently 187

April, 310,783

Factors to explain success

Targeted testing of specific groups

Early detection

Contact tracing

Isolation

Free and timely provision of medicine kits and treatment to the rural populace

$2.65 per person

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/yogi-adityanath-launches-covid-19-medical-kits-for-covid-19-symptomatic-children-101623747649057.html

State government, 50 lakh medical kits through village surveillance committees

A team of doctors will supervise the administration of doses as well as distribution of the medical kits among the children in all 75 districts of the state

https://medicalupdateonline.com/2021/05/home-isolation-and-ivermectin-based-treatment-kits/

August 2020

Government Order (GO), ivermectin-based treatment kit

People with mild or asymptomatic covid-19

Kept in home isolation

Mild case

Oxygen saturation more than 94%

Moderate case

Oxygen saturations 90-94%

Indication for hospitalisation

Oxygen saturations below 90%

Of those testing positive

90% successfully treated at home

10% hospitalised

Treatment pack

Ivermectin

Doxycycline

Vitamin D

Vitamin C

Vitamin B

Zinc

Paracetamol

Thermometer

Pulse oximeter

Local Covid Control Centres

Twice-daily phone calls to household contacts to check on progress

They asked for oxygen saturation levels and temperature readings

Checked that ivermectin and doxycycline had been taken

Dr Suryakant Head Department of Respiratory Medicine, King George Medical University, Lucknow, UP

Overall mortality in 2020 in India was 2.4%

Uttar Pradesh it was only 2.0%

that is the beauty, that is the success story of ivermectin

(Dr Suryakant is brand ambassador for covid vaccination in India)

UP highlighted by WHO

https://www.who.int/india/news/feature-stories/detail/uttar-pradesh-going-the-last-mile-to-stop-covid-19

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0247163

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/

https://indianbarassociation.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IBA-PRESS-RELEASE-MAY-26-2021.pdf

Uttarakhand

Population 10 million

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/covid-19-ivermectin-tablets-to-be-distributed-among-uttarakhand-residents-says-state-govt/articleshow/82572159.cms

State-level clinical technical committee

Chief Secretary Om Prakash to all district magistrates

The panel has recommended the Ivermectin tablet as “mass chemoprophylaxis” to effectively control the surge of COVID-19 infection

Official health advisory from CDC

https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2021/pdf/CDC_HAN_449.pdf

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