People dying of COVID while life-saving drugs go unused, doctors say

Sydney Morning Herald

21 May 2022 - Top doctors have warned that vulnerable patients who test positive to COVID-19 are missing out on potentially life-saving anti-viral treatments, with just a fraction of those at risk of serious disease having accessed the new drugs.

Figures from the federal health department show 1,379 patients received antiviral medication Paxlovid through their GP in the first weeks in May, after the drug was listed on the PBS.

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