With Australia’s Covid circumstances per capita among the many highest on this planet, new antivirals corresponding to Paxlovid and Lagevrio in addition to intravenous therapies like sotrovimab are providing some hope for the severely ailing, aged and immunocompromised. Nevertheless Australia’s peak physique for GPs says some individuals at best danger of dying from Covid are being prevented from accessing these therapies.
Medical editor Melissa Davey breaks down what Australia’s excessive case numbers and deaths imply, how these new therapies work, and the boundaries to accessing them.
