Vaccination

Around 16 per cent of community pharmacies across the country are now involved with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, but Pharmacy Guild chief executive Andrew Gaudin believes that figure should be much higher

Despite ordering more vaccines than ever before, this season’s flu vaccination rollout has so far been an anticlimax

Lockdown has forced a COVID vaccination initiative targeting Māori in the Queenstown area to change tack, holding a drive-through instead of hitting the road

Another nationwide lockdown led to a sudden jump in demand for COVID-19 jabs, leaving pharmacy teams around New Zealand scrambling to meet the public’s need to be vaccinated. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

Despite ordering more vaccines than ever before, this season’s flu vaccination rollout has so far been an anticlimax

The Ministry of Health has launched the Post Vaccine Symptom Check, a mobile-based survey that will help monitor reactions to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in New Zealand, COVID-19 vaccination programme GM Post Event, Dr Tim Hanlon says

COVID-19 response minister Chris Hipkins says there is good reason for the slower rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations through pharmacies and GP clinics and he now expects the pace of the rollout through these sites to accelerate

Lockdown has forced a COVID vaccination initiative targeting Māori in the Queenstown area to change tack, holding a drive-through instead of hitting the road

Demand for COVID-19 vaccination has ramped up in pharmacy since a nationwide lockdown was announced last week

Despite lockdown hiccups this week, Canterbury is now streaking ahead with its COVID vaccination rollout, thanks partly to community pharmacy getting on board