COVID-19

Approving overseas developed COVID-19 vaccines for use here should take months rather than years, Immunisation Advisory Centre director Nikki Turner says

A new vaccine that protects against Covid-19 is almost 95 percent effective, early data from US company Moderna shows

A family with five people who caught COVID-19 has described their shock and fear as they dropped everything to rush into quarantine

It’s been a turbulent year for Medsafe, as latest figures show the authority conducted 108 audits on pharmacies across New Zealand before the global pandemic quickly derailed almost all pharmacy audits for months  

A staff member from a Christchurch managed isolation facility who tested positive for COVID-19, visited a Chemist Warehouse store in South City Shopping Centre last Friday 

The second staff member from the Christchurch Managed Isolation Facility who tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday visited the Chemist Warehouse at the South City mall between 3.52pm and 4:03pm on Saturday 30 October.

It’s been a turbulent year for Medsafe, as latest figures show the authority conducted 108 audits on pharmacies across New Zealand before the global pandemic quickly derailed almost all pharmacy audits for months  

Retail figures have “definitely returned to normal this month”, says RPM Retail chief executive John Saywell. But, he warns, community pharmacies aren’t out of the woods just yet

Some pharmacies which mistakenly claimed the wage subsidy have already repaid it, pharmacy sector accountants say. 

Green Cross Health and Countdown are denying claims they sold masks for unfairly high prices during the COVID-19 lockdown earlier this year