COVID-19

Health workers and patients are advised to watch for heart-inflammation symptoms following vaccination with the Pfizer COVID-19 jab 

People with mental health and addiction issues are now included as a priority group for the COVID-19 vaccine, after evidence was given to Government urging them to recognise the physical health vulnerability of the group

It’s all systems go at east Auckland’s Unichem Pakuranga Pharmacy, which has become the first community pharmacy in Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland to offer in-house vaccinations for its community against COVID-19

Medsafe has granted provisional approval of the Janssen Covid-19 vaccine for individuals 18 years of age and older, COVID-19 Response minister Chris Hipkins says

COVID-19 set in motion health­care changes in the eastern Bay of Plenty that have been wel­comed by rural patients and won the providers an award.

Wellington pharmacy vaccination teams have proved their worth by completing the “huge” undertaking of protecting every resthome in the Capital & Coast and Hutt Valley DHB areas against COVID-19

It’s all systems go at east Auckland’s Unichem Pakuranga Pharmacy, which has become the first community pharmacy in Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland to offer in-house vaccinations for its community against COVID-19

Wellington pharmacy vaccination teams have proved their worth by completing the “huge” undertaking of protecting every resthome in the Capital & Coast and Hutt Valley DHB areas against COVID-19

The Government has extended the waiver allowing pharmacies to dispense non-NZePS (New Zealand Electronic Prescription Service) prescriptions without a physical prescriber signature until 20 September

Scientists at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have used real-world samples to confirm the 98.7 percent accuracy of a saliva test for COVID-19. This is the first, and currently the only, COVID-19 saliva test to be diagnostically validated in Aotearoa New Zealand