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A lot of people who are eligible for live-saving medication don't know enough about it.
Research shows the antiviral tablet Paxlovid reduces the risk of severe Covid infection by over 80 percent.
But research commissioned by Pfizer has found people with a higher risk of Covid hospitalisation or death are relatively unaware of the benefits of antivirals.
College of GPs Medical Director Bryan Betty told Mike Hosking he wants to see the medicine used more.
“They are being used in a widespread way, but not quite as much we’d like probably due to lack of awareness about antivirals.”
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