COVID-19

About a quarter of pharmacies are expected to be giving COVID-19 vaccinations by July, when the national programme ramps up to immunise the general population

The Pharmacy Council has the “explicit expectation” that all pharmacists will personally receive the COVID-19 vaccination, unless medically contraindicated

Concerns have been raised about Australians flocking to New Zealand for the COVID-19 vaccine and the Ministry of Health has confirmed no measures are being taken to prevent this from happening

Nearly $17.5 million of the $18 million fund that was allocated for “critical” community pharmacies last year is likely to go back to the Crown, because so far no home has been found for it within the sector

Nearly $17.5 million of the $18 million fund that was allocated for “critical” community pharmacies last year is likely to go back to the Crown, because so far no home has been found for it within the sector

Mixed messages about pharmacy involvement in the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine is frustrating Pharmaceutical Society president Professor Rhiannon Braund, who reports widespread confusion among pharmacists

In Christchurch, a pharmacy and a medical centre have collaborated to turn a former shoe store into possibly the first primary care-run COVID vaccination site in New Zealand

As COVID-19 casualties surge in India to unprecedented levels, “everyone is suffering from the very poor to the more well-off,” says EverHealth group managing director and pharmacist Jatinder (Jay) Girn 

While a COVID-19 early-detection app is trialled, epidemiologist Nick Wilson remains frustrated over the continued “inexplicable” absence of non-invasive saliva testing for border and MIQ workers

Director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed the Ministry of Health is not looking at community pharmacies to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to the general public, at least for now