The at-home Covid treatments, which were initially extremely limited in supply, are now more easy to access in the United States, doctors say.
The antivirals are “not in every drugstore, but they’re a little bit easier” to find now, said Dr. Gerald Harmon, president of the American Medical Association and a family physician in South Carolina.
The availability of the drugs, along with the Covid vaccines, may help the nation move “toward a time when Covid isn’t a crisis but is something we can protect against and treat,” Jeff Zients, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said at a briefing last week.
Sutfin said the state has since expanded its eligibility to include anyone ages 75 and older, and people as young as 65 who are not up to date on their Covid vaccinations and have an underlying health condition that puts them at risk for severe illness.