Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

In July this year the Minister for Health and Aged Care announced the widening of eligibility for antiviral drugs to treat COVID. All Australians aged over 70 who test positive for COVID are now able to access antivirals on the PBS. Access has also been expanded to people over the age of 50 with two or more risk factors for severe disease and to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged over 30 with two or more risk factors for severe disease.

The most recent data shows that 394,100 doses of antivirals have been prescribed and dispensed from the PBS, prescription numbers increased by 11.8 per cent last week compared to the previous week and approximately 34,130 antiviral prescriptions have been provided to people in residential aged care.