 The Department of Health and Wellness would like to inform the public that the drug ivermectin is not approved for treatment of COVID-19 or neither can the drug prevent a person from contracting COVID-19. Ivermectin is used mainly to treat roundworms, threadworms and other parasites in animals and has use in humans for headlights. Studies have shown that the drug is effective in in vitro studies that is tests outside of a living cell and any potential use in vivo that is inside a living cell would require concentrations where the safety in humans have not been evaluated. The Department of Health and Wellness strongly recommends the public against purchasing this from persons and ingesting the drug.