COVID-19

No sooner than you thought all the talk of new COVID variants was over, there’s news of yet another one: AY.4.2. But what is it, where did it come from, and should we be concerned?

A third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine that has been recommended for severely immunocompromised individuals aged 12 and older is now available to be accessed, says National Director COVID-19 Vaccination and Immunisation Programme Jo Gibbs

The Auckland pharmacist intern Assessment Centre scheduled for 9 November has been called off, but the Wellington assessment event will go ahead as planned

Today was an important day for health minister Andrew Little as he announced the introduction of legislation to Parliament outlining planned health system reforms 

A family doctor who launched a campaign to get Kiwis to wear masks is quitting her job after the Government made the Covid-19 vaccine compulsory for most health workers

The Pharmacy Guild is awaiting further clarification on the Government’s order to have all pharmacists and other workers in the health sector vaccinated by 1 December 

Director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield believes pharmacy’s performance during the COVID-19 vaccination rollout shows the sector is ready to expand its vaccination role

Eighteen months after New Zealand's first nationwide Alert Level 4 lockdown, Pharmacy Today reporters Jonathan Chilton-Towle and Anna Lee revisited, in a socially distanced way, pharmacy staff they interviewed last year to see how a year and a half has changed the pandemic landscape

Pharmacist interns may find themselves unable to become full-fledged pharmacists this year if the Pharmacy Council decides to postpone their end-of-year assessment until next year, due to lockdown restrictions

Te Awamutu pharmacist Gemma Perry says this year’s Alert Level 4 lockdown feels different to its predecessors: with the highly contagious Delta variant now in the mix, the light at the end of the tunnel “feels a bit further away”