Are you eligible for COVID-19 antiviral treatment?

Assess your eligibility and access COVID-19 antiviral treatment without leaving the house via a doctor consultation.

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Who can receive the COVID-19 treatment?

The list of Australians who can now receive Government subsided COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments includes:

70 years of age or older
60 years of age or older with one additional risk factor
50 years of age or older with two additional risk factors (or who have previously been hospitalised with COVID-19)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people aged 30 years and over with one risk factor
18 years of age or older and moderately to severely immunocompromised

The risk qualifiers include:

Living in residential aged care
Living with disability with multiple conditions and/or frailty (but not limited to living in supported accommodation)
Neurological conditions such as stroke or dementia and demyelinating conditions e.g. multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Chronic respiratory conditions, including COPD, moderate or severe asthma
Obesity or diabetes (type I or II requiring medication)
Heart failure, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies
Kidney failure or cirrhosis
Living remotely with reduced access to higher level healthcare

If you’re aged 18 years or over and test positive, you may be eligible for antiviral treatments if you are moderately to severely immunocompromised.

Qualifying conditions include:

Blood cancer or some red blood cell disorders (thalassaemia, sickle cell disease)
Transplant recipient
Primary or acquired (HIV) immunodeficiency
Chemotherapy or whole-body radiotherapy in the past three months
High-dose corticosteroids or pulse corticosteroid therapy in the past three months
Immunosuppressive treatments in the past three months
Taken Rituximab in the past 12 months
Cerebral palsy or Down syndrome
Congenital heart disease
Living with disability, with multiple conditions and/or frailty

If you are not eligible for the COVID-19 antivirals you can still talk to one of our doctors who can help you manage your symptoms.

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About our COVID-19 antiviral consultation

The digital consultation lets you assess whether you are eligible for the oral antivirals through an online questionnaire. You will need to upload a photo of a positive RAT.

If you are eligible and have a Medicare card, you will have a phone consultation with an InstantScripts doctor before being provided with a prescription for a subsidised course of treatment for $42.50. If you are not eligible, you can still receive support to manage your symptoms.

InstantScripts doctors are available from 6am to midnight. If you are eligible for the medication, we offer home delivery for a small additional fee.

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Sources: Actuaries Institute, COVID-19 Mortality Working Group, August 2022, actuaries.digital/2022/08/04/covid-19-excess-mortality-continues-for-april-2022/