COVID-19

As a change in alert levels triggered stockpilers in Wellington, one pharmacist admits he is “not terribly happy with Australia” after a COVID-19 case infected with the Delta variant visits Wellington 

A Wellington pharmacy has been named a location of interest after an Australian man spent two and a half days in the capital before returning to Sydney and testing positive for COVID-19

The Medical Council is warning doctors spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination rollout that it could cost them their jobs

Today, prime minister Jacinda Ardern and director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield unveiled plans to vaccinate three and a half million more New Zealanders against COVID-19 by October 

Aucklanders aged 65 and over will receive an invitation to book their COVID-19 vaccination within the next week as Group 3 continues to roll out across the Auckland metro region

Many business owners across the country felt as if COVID-19 pushed them close to the brink of closure. But for pharmacies in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland’s CBD, the pandemic has been just one of many challenges

The Ministry of Health has confirmed there is sufficient supply of the Pfizer vaccine for district health boards to deliver more than half a million vaccinations as planned over the next five weeks

The world has changed and there is no going back. That was the essence of the message delivered by GP Nikki Turner in the Peter Foley Memorial Oration given this morning at the Rotorua GP CME

Medsafe is investigating four reports of inflammation of the heart in patients who have received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

The increase of vaccine hesitancy caused by misinformation about the safety of the COVID vaccine is frustrating, and needs to stop, says Dr Bryan Betty, medical director at The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners