30 Aug 2021

Those who've had Covid set up support group for other sufferers

From First Up, 5:49 am on 30 August 2021

Over the past two weeks more than 500 people have received the news that they've contracted Covid-19, with 34 of them so unwell that they have needed hospital treatment. It's prompted people who've had Covid-19 to start a support group where those newly-diagnosed with the disease can go for advice and information from others who know what they're going through. Robyn Pannett, who contracted Covid in March last year, is a member of the new NZ Covid Impacted Persons group. She told our producer Matthew Theunissen what it was like getting the news she had the virus, and why it was so important to speak with others who've been through it, too.