rapid antigen test
Aussies too relaxed on COVID: experts
As COVID cases rise again, new research shows a third of Australians are now less likely to test if they have symptoms A leading pharmacist says that as many eligible …
Looking beyond COVID
RATs for flu exist – should we be self-testing for that too? Flu season has begun uncharacteristically early this year, and so far we’ve seen around 187,000 laboratory-confirmed cases, 1,323 hospitalisations, and …
Extend RAT, Disaster Payments: PPA
Frontline workers such as pharmacists need a safety net due to COVID, one stakeholder argues Professionals Australia has reiterated its call that the Federal Government extend the Pandemic Leave Disaster …
Fines for RATs
TGA fines manufacturer for multiple regulatory infringements The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued eight infringement notices totalling $106,560 to a manufacturers, Hough Pharma, for allegedly failing to provide information …
When RAT-testing for COVID, should you also swab your throat?
Should we also be using our rapid antigen test (RAT) to swab our throat, as some social media sources suggest? asks Thea Van De Mortel of Griffith University We’re now …
RATs drive growth: Sigma
The sheer demand for RATs means a better-than-expected financial performance, Sigma reveals Sigma has made a statement saying that it now expects Underlying EBITDA for the financial year ending 31 …
CWH claims it delivered lion’s share of RATs
Chemist Warehouse claims in the media to have given out about two-thirds of the concessional RATs distributed to date Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has told reporters that Chemist Warehouse …
RAT program off to rocky start
Close to half of AJP readers are not participating in the concessional RAT program, our poll reveals Last week, the AJP asked whether readers’ pharmacies are taking part in the …
RAT prices: ACCC on the move
Complaints about pharmacies continue, but smaller stores are outstripping them on RAT price complaints, as the ACCC investigates reports Governments redirected the tests The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has …
Pharmacies getting ‘strong supplies’
While it’s still patchy, the rapid antigen test supply situation is looking up for pharmacies, Greg Hunt says Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has flagged what he says is a …
Govt ‘reckless and negligent’ over RATs, PPE
Pharmacy staff are struggling with crippling shortages of personal protective equipment, with those not providing COVID jabs left out in the cold, says union The Federal Government has failed to …
Pharmacists tell of RAT ‘lottery’
One pharmacist describes finding a RAT as like finding a Golden Ticket to a chocolate factory, as overwhelming demand hits the Guild’s website Another Labor politician has attacked the Morrison …