COVID-19 response update for primary care – 6 October 2022

Resources and information

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) case numbers and statistics | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
• National Cabinet statement - 30 September 
• COVID-19 oral treatments fact sheet
• ATAGI statement on use of the Moderna bivalent Original/Omicron vaccine
• Updated ATAGI clinical Guidance
• PBS website
• New COVID-19 safe behaviours campaign
• ATAGI recommendations on MPX vaccine priority groups
• The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia’s resource Don’t Rush to Crush
• Fact sheet - Paxlovid® (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir) PBS listing (July 2022)
• Fact sheet - Lagevrio® (molnupiravir) PBS listing (July 2022)
• Fact sheet - Changes to PBS eligibility for COVID-19 treatments - Information for prescribers and pharmacists
• Monkeypox (MPX status)
• Managing COVID-19 at home with assistance from your general practice
• COVID-19 vaccines - information in other languages

Videos

• Wearing a mask
• Encouraging people to practice behaviours to protect themselves and others from COVID-19
• COVID-19 oral treatments

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