COVID-19

New Zealand’s sixth case of COVID-19 was announced today in an Auckland man in his sixties, after recent travel to the United States

Director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield has advised the public not to go into work if they have any symptoms of illness

For a fourth consecutive day, there are no additional confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand.

With four COVID-19 cases confirmed in New Zealand at the time of going to print, pharmacists’ reactions vary from feeling unprepared to having a fully fleshed out pandemic response plan. Reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates pharmacists’ response, supply lines for equipment and advice from health officials

The COVID-19 outbreak is causing chaos across the globe. However, a silver lining is swiftly etching itself around a portion of New Zealand’s retail landscape as independent pharmacies enjoy a welcome surge of retail sales
 

With hand sanitiser in extremely short supply, some enterprising pharmacists are coming up with DIY solutions

The second case of COVID-19 is confirmed in a New Zealand citizen. The woman in her 30s recently returned to Auckland from northern Italy

New Zealand’s first COVID-19 case diagnosed in hospital by induced sputum sample 

Some pharmacists are worried while others remain relaxed, but one idea they all share is the desire for more pharmacy-specific information about the rapidly developing global epidemic – COVID-19