7 Jul 2022

New Covid sub-variants drive climbing case numbers

From First Up, 5:49 am on 7 July 2022

With 10-thousand new cases reported yesterday it's appears that we're at the start of another wave of Covid-19. It's being driven by new sub-variants of Omicron and especially the highly transmissible BA.5 strain. Nathan discussed the concerning situation with Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson, who has just had Covid himself.