COVID-19

A Central Otago pharmacist who made his own hand sanitiser in the face of the ongoing shortage sold out of it faster than he could make it last month. 

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”

Today, there are 48 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 10 new probable cases

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. 

A message from the presidents of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand to all pharmacy staff 

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

Sadly, New Zealand had its first death linked to COVID-19 on the West Coast early this morning

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