Courses of Pfizer’s anti-Covid drug Paxlovid roll off of a production line in Germany. Photo: AFP
Courses of Pfizer’s anti-Covid drug Paxlovid roll off of a production line in Germany. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong doctors call on government to allow private practitioners to prescribe oral anti-Covid drugs

  • Doctors say letting private clinics administer the drugs could help reduce number of severe cases at community level, especially among elderly
  • Some, however, have also acknowledged government’s supply of new antiviral drugs is limited

Courses of Pfizer’s anti-Covid drug Paxlovid roll off of a production line in Germany. Photo: AFP
Courses of Pfizer’s anti-Covid drug Paxlovid roll off of a production line in Germany. Photo: AFP
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