Two COVID-19 antiviral medicines are available to treat early COVID-19 at home. When taken early on in your COVID-19 illness, they can help you stay out of hospital. They are only available for eligible people.
IMPORTANT: For the protection of other patients and our staff, if you have tested positive for covid, are a household contact or are feeling unwell do not come into the pharmacy. We can run your consult over the phone and can deliver your medication contact-free to you at home.
You must have tested positive, or have had symptoms in the last five days, and are a Household Contact of a positive case.
And must also either:
have a severely weakened immune system
have Down syndrome
have sickle cell disease
be aged 65 years or older, or
are of Māori or Pacific Island ethnicity AND aged 50 years or over, or
are aged 50 years or over and have not had a primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations (at least two), or
have any combination of three or more high risk medical conditions for severe illness (conditions as defined by the Ministry of Health guidelines), or
have been previously admitted to an intensive care unit directly as a result of COVID-19 and have tested positive again.
do not require supplemental oxygen
You can see more detailed list of eligibility criteria on Pharmac's website here.
You must test postive before the medicines can be dispensed by a pharmacist.
You can submit your prescription to our pharmacy for dispensing and delivery here.
Yes, if you fit the eligibility criteria. Our pharmacists may be able to supply COVID-19 antivirals without a prescription - contact us for more information.
Do not come into the Pharmacy if you have tested positive. If you get COVID-19 you must self-isolate for at least 7 days and cannot leave your home. If you are eligible for Covid-19 medicines, you can arrange to have them delivered by friends, whānau, or your pharmacy.
Our pharmacy has a local delivery option we can talk to you about on our consult for the supply of Covid-19 medicines.
We may also be able to deliver over-the-counter medicines to help you in your recovery from COVID-19
**Information from Pharmac and Unite Against Covid-19 webistes.
