COVID-19

Lockdown has forced a COVID vaccination initiative targeting Māori in the Queenstown area to change tack, holding a drive-through instead of hitting the road

Another nationwide lockdown led to a sudden jump in demand for COVID-19 jabs, leaving pharmacy teams around New Zealand scrambling to meet the public’s need to be vaccinated. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Pharmacy Today reporters Anna Lee and Jonathan Chilton-Towle check in with pharmacists across the country to see how they’re faring in the country’s second national lockdown

Pharmacy Today reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle documents his experience of getting the COVID-19 vaccine at Life Pharmacy Queensgate in Wellington  

There are now 167 pharmacy COVID-19 vaccination sites across New Zealand, with more coming on board every day

With COVID-19 cases surging, the number of pharmacies visited by COVID-positive people is also rising by the day

Aotearoa has been in lockdown for just eight days, but the Pharmacy Defence Association has already had several reports detailing customers’ unsavoury antics as the sector bears the brunt of bad behaviour.

The Ministry of Health has launched the Post Vaccine Symptom Check, a mobile-based survey that will help monitor reactions to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in New Zealand, COVID-19 vaccination programme GM Post Event, Dr Tim Hanlon says

COVID-19 response minister Chris Hipkins says there is good reason for the slower rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations through pharmacies and GP clinics and he now expects the pace of the rollout through these sites to accelerate

Thousands of Kiwis with long-term health conditions remain COVID-19 vaccine hesitant and over a quarter (29%) had not been offered a vaccine - according to new research