22 Jan 2020

NZ must prepare to tackle spreading Wuhan virus - specialist

From Checkpoint, 5:20 pm on 22 January 2020

An outbreak specialist says New Zealand needs to be thinking hard about its toolkit to tackle the deadly coronavirus that has so far taken six lives.

More than 440 people have been infected across major cities in China - as the World Health Organisation is set to decide whether the SARS-like outbreak constitutes an international health emergency.

Chen Liu reports.