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More than 150 former pharmacists have answered the call to return to work during the COVID-19 crisis

New Zealand may face widespread shortages of OTC products by June or July as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, says head of the group representing OTC medicines manufacturers

The Government is preparing a $15 million payment to support pharmacies during the COVID-19 crisis

Following the unprecedented onslaught of patients panic-buying, pharmacists across the country are feeling the after-effects of a ‘rollercoaster’ month 

At the end of today’s daily COVID-19 briefing New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern reached out to community pharmacists to say “thank you”

A group of University of Otago School of Pharmacy students and their lecturer prepared for the COVID-19 lockdown last week by making a massive amount of hand sanitiser for their university and Dunedin’s hospital

Last week Medsafe announced it is temporarily suspending all site audits carried out under the Pharmacy Quality Audit Programme Framework. 

New Zealand has today announced its first death linked to COVID-19, as the total number of confirmed and probable cases climbs to 514

A further 83 new cases of COVID-19 as at 9am have been announced by the Ministry of Health