COVID-19

The rollout of rapid antigen COVID-19 testing through pharmacy has been far from smooth: while many pharmacies wanted to begin testing on day one today – they couldn’t

New oral medicines are showing great promise in slowing down the progression of COVID-19 and preventing the need for intensive medical care, says Ministry of Health chief science advisor Ian Town

Two instances of Cabinet not accepting expert advice dominated day four of the urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing into the COVID-19 response 

Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to Moore Markhams Auckland director Jonathan Roberts about the 2021 results of his firm’s annual pharmacy benchmarking survey

New Zealanders wanting to travel without vaccine passports these Christmas holidays will be able to use rapid antigen tests provided by pharmacies as evidence they are COVID-free

To meet domestic travel requirements from mid-December, 15-minute COVID-19 rapid antigen testing will be available at no cost from community pharmacies throughout New Zealand until the end of January 2022

The vaccine mandate has cost Vicki Douglas, owner of Kerikeri’s four pharmacies,  four staff members she couldn’t afford to lose 

The High Court has directed the Ministry of Health to again review its decision not to hand over data for unvaccinated North Island Māori to the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency

My Vaccine Passes are now available at many pharmacies across Aotearoa, as the country’s traffic light system kicks off from today

Health and disability commissioner Morag McDowell says she has concerns over media reports about care of COVID home-isolation cases and has written to the Ministry of Health