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Andrew Brown

MYSTERIOUS: Expanded access to covid antivirals ruled out - What They Never Told You

People wanting to use COVID-19 anti-viral drugs will continue to need a doctor's prescription. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

The federal government has rejected a proposal that pharmacists be allowed to sell anti-viral treatments for COVID-19 over the counter.

Handing down its response to a House of Representatives inquiry into long COVID, the government said such anti-viral treatments should only be available to patients with a prescription from a doctor.

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