{"id":278427,"date":"2020-09-25T11:22:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T01:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=278427"},"modified":"2020-09-25T11:22:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T01:22:53","slug":"chemist-deliveries-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/09\/25\/chemist-deliveries-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemist Deliveries Extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>September 25, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australia Post has announced an extension of its Pharmacy Home Delivery Service for a further six months.<\/p>\n<p>Since March, pharmacies around the country have been able to offer free delivery on prescriptions to eligible customers through funding provided under the Federal Government&#8217;s COVID-19 health response.<\/p>\n<p>Australia Post delivered on average more than 200 essential medical supplies per day, although the daily figure is higher in Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative allows vulnerable members of the community to receive medication and other essential supplies under 500grams through Australia Post\u2019s Express Post network.<\/p>\n<p>Deliveries can be made to the home or to a local Post Office or 24\/7 Parcel Locker for pick-up.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More information is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/resources\/publications\/covid-19-national-health-plan-home-medicines-services-information-for-consumers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia Post has announced an extension of its Pharmacy Home Delivery Service for a further six months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":254316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,1455,172,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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