Germany news: Parliament approves reforms giving pharmacies more autonomy on vaccinations, prescriptions, tests
Key takeaways
- Lawmakers passed a bill allowing pharmacies to issue certain prescription medications independently as well as to conduct more rapid tests.
- It said on Friday that it had already received around 23,000 applications, having only launched the program this Tuesday.
- One reason for the high uptake could be that it is retroactive.
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