COVID-19

New Zealand appears to have entered a fifth wave of COVID-19 as the EG.5 “variant of interest” infects many more people

A leading epidemiologist says it appears the country is experiencing a fifth wave of Covid-19

PHARMACIES SUPPLYING COVID19 antivirals are now limited to claiming for shorter consultations and can no longer be paid to provide in-home visits.

Unless someone high profile gets it, most of us aren't thinking about the dangers of catching Covid-19 now. We should be – it's our country's biggest infectious disease killer, twice as deadly as influenza

From Monday, pharmacies supplying COVID-19 antivirals will be able to claim only for shorter consultations and will not be paid to provide in-home visits

From next month COVID-19 antiviral treatments will be available free to people receiving disability support services and people with one or more severe health conditions making them frail or vulnerable

Interventions designed to limit the spread of COVID have been rolled back around the world. In New Zealand, the government removed all remaining public health measures last week.

Primary care can play a key role in eliminating meningococcal disease in New Zealand says lead author of report from Public Health Communication Centre

THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY will tell the Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned that communication from the Government to the pharmacy sector was lacking during the pandemic.

The Pharmaceutical Society will tell Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned that communication from the Government to the pharmacy sector was lacking during the pandemic