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With Auckland now at alert level three, while the rest of Aotearoa is at alert level two, the Pacific Pharmacists’ Association is urging Pacific people to stay on top of their medication or repeat prescriptions

There are 13 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report in New Zealand today – 12 in the community and one in managed isolation

Studies of the SARS-CoV-2 genome have indicated one of the main strains is more infectious than others, but it isn’t clear why it is becoming dominant 

A government decision to distribute five million face masks to Countdown and various social agencies, but not pharmacies, is being described as a slap in the face for the pharmacy sector

Pharmacy, you’ve done this before, you can do it again, says Pharmaceutical Society president Ian McMichael as the country once again faces lockdown

DHBs recognise the fiscal challenges faced by community pharmacy and are poised to announce an independent review of pharmacy cost pressures and a commitment to developing and implementing a sustainable funding model
 

In a scene reminiscent of the pre-lockdown panic buying of late March, queues outside pharmacies began lengthening down the street as pharmacists scrambled to meet customer demand for dispensing and OTC products

Expert reaction from Science Media Centre to COVID-19 Alert Level 3 announcement

The Prime Minister has announced four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in one family from an unknown source

There are seven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to report in the community today. There are no new cases to report in managed isolation