COVID-19

A Canterbury Community Pharmacy Group survey of pharmacies shows 20 out of 128 are struggling with COVID-19 pressures and 87 pharmacies are considered at medium risk. Ruth Brown reports

Moving to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 will offer no respite to the pharmacy sector’s devastating retail sales slump, according to RPM Retail chief executive, John Saywell

A new phone line has been set up specifically for primary and community health clinicians seeking COVID-19 advice

A community pharmacy in Lower Hutt is rolling out a glamorous red carpet to give customers an exclusive VIP – very isolated person – treatment, during COVID-19  

New Zealand is about to temporarily run out of flu vaccine, says associate health minister Julie Anne Genter 

Major New Zealand health IT player Clanwilliam Group says it has given e-prescribing uptake a boost 

New Zealand moves from COVID-19 Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 on Tuesday 28th April. Government advice for essential businesses for Level 3 remains the same as that for Level 4

Today we have only one new confirmed case of COVID-19 to report and four new probable cases

Today there are nine new cases of COVID-19 to report, made up of four new confirmed cases and five new probable cases