German health minister in move to boost use of COVID treatment Paxlovid

Germany's health minister said on Sunday he will push for more prescriptions of Pfizer's oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid by family doctors to reduce severe cases of the disease. 'A system involving family doctors will be prepared to administer this far too rarely-used COVID life saver more routinely,' he wrote on Twitter on Sunday, adding that sufficient stockpiles were available.