PM speaks about COVID-19, Fiji and PHARMAC funding

Radio New Zealand

14 July 2021 - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke to media after a speech at the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs conference.

Asked about PHARMAC's continued rejection of funding for a drug that can treat the RSV virus which is afflicting babies around the country, Ardern said politicians simply do not make those funding decisions and she has not been briefed on it.

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