10 Dec 2021

Health Ministry makes another large order of Covid antivirals

From Checkpoint, 5:48 pm on 10 December 2021

The Covid treatment kit keeps getting larger, with health authorities ordering 120,000 courses of antivirals to combat mild to moderate Covid cases.

The joint effort from the Ministry of Health and Pharmac comes as overseas cases spike during the Northern winter.

It's hoped the combination of high vaccination rates, more medicine options, and the booster shot will prepare New Zealand in time for our next winter.

Soumya Bhamidipati reports.