18 Dec 2020

Report finds failings in Government Covid-19 response

From Midday Report, 12:12 pm on 18 December 2020

The Government is pumping an extra $2.8 billion into its Covid-19 response, following today's release of a critical report, which identified multiple failings with its testing strategy.

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Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

It will also set up a new central unit to oversee the response.

Senior advisers Heather Simpson and Sir Brian Roche were urgently commissioned in August to review the regime, after revelations many border staff were not being tested for Covid-19.

RNZ's Deputy Political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Māni Dunlop.