Access to cheap antiviral medicine to fight COVID-19 is now available for all Australians aged over 70, after the federal government expanded eligibility. | micksfoley
Access to cheap antiviral medicine to fight COVID-19 is now available for all Australians aged over 70, regardless of underlying medical conditions, after the federal government expanded eligibility for the treatment to ease pressure on the hospital system.
“For these people, new oral antiviral treatments help keep people out of hospital, reducing the pressure on our health system, and can save lives.” Butler said the government had stuck with the plan to stop payments to people forced to isolate with COVID-19 at the end of the financial year, but that decision would be open to review.
Coalition frontbencher Simon Birmingham said financial support programs around the pandemic did eventually have to end.Loading
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