28 May 2020

Scientists to track how Covid-19 spread across New Zealand.

From Midday Report, 12:48 pm on 28 May 2020

A team of scientists has been given over half a million dollars to track how Covid-19 spread across New Zealand.

Fourteen scientists from Otago University and the Institute of Environmental Science and Research will track the make-up of the virus and exactly how it spread throughout the country.

Jemma Geoghegan, a Senior Lecturer from the University of Otago's Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and will head the team and spoke with Māni Dunlop.