Call for more Paxlovid prescribing to prevent COVID-19 deaths in aged care
Professor Robert Booy says too many older people are dying of the infection in aged care facilities.
A leading infectious diseases specialist has urged GPs to prescribe nirmatrelvir–ritonavir more readily for patients in aged care facilities, who are still dying of COVID-19 in unnecessarily high numbers.
Professor Robert Booy says, while COVID-19 deaths in the community have come down considerably, the graph is stuck for those living in nursing homes.
