Despite being declared ‘measles free’ since 2014, more than 28 cases of measles have been recorded in Australia this year.

As the virus creeps up the New South Wales coast, pharmacists have been approved en masse to vaccinate the nation.

With measles cases climbing across Australia and pharmacies increasingly listed as exposure sites, community pharmacists must be prepared.

Rather than be overwhelmed by COVID-19, Wint Ye Ywe Phu used social media to help pharmacy interns feel connected.

Shortages of staff, medicines and beds coupled with an influx of patients with COVID-19 and changing regulations have left many hospital workers, including pharmacists, overwhelmed.

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