GPs set to prescribe oral antivirals for COVID-19 from this week
Initially, the drugs will be limited to their patients in aged care
GPs will be able to prescribe the new oral antivirals for COVID-19 by the end of this week — but only for their aged care patients.
The first batches of the drugs arrived in Australia last week.
Officials have promised that aged care homes with current COVID-19 outbreaks — some 1176 across Australia — will receive deliveries of molnupiravir (Lagevrio) within the next few days.
Some 5400 aged care patients currently have COVID-19.
