The COVAX Facility announced the delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccine doses to Ghana. This first delivery from the COVAX Facility comes over two months after the first people started receiving COVID-19 vaccines in wealthy countries
COVID-19 vaccine development by Pfizer and BioNTech has involved breakthrough science, with implications for autoimmune diseases and potentially for cancers, says Pfizer’s Krishan Thiru
A survey of primary care doctors, nurses and managers found special vaccination centres would be the most popular of suggested venues for giving COVID-19 vaccines
About 40 border workers from Christchurch Airport have been vaccinated today at a nearby community based testing centre as the COVID-19 immunisation programme starts rolling out in the South Island
The Ministry of Health was this afternoon notified that two siblings of today’s positive case from Papatoetoe High School have also tested positive for COVID-19
The first group of border workers in Wellington received their vaccinations today as the response to the COVID-19 pandemic ramps up. Among the Wellington border workers at the Grand Mercure Hotel who were vaccinated today was Group Captain Peter Johnson, who visits managed isolation and quarantine facilities around the country in his capacity as general manager of all 32 of New Zealand’s MIQ operations
There are 6 new cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation, four of which are historical. There is one new community case, linked to the Auckland February cases, who is already in quarantine
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management