18 Oct 2021

Need to keep up momentum on vaccinations, says immunologist

From Midday Report, 12:17 pm on 18 October 2021

The Government's considering the next steps in its pandemic response, including replacing alert levels with a so-called traffic light system once vaccination rates a certain level.

Ministers will also decide whether Auckland, parts of Waikato and Northland are safe to move out of level 3, or at least have some restrictions loosened.

Māni Dunlop talks to immunologist and the Associate Dean Pacific for Otago University's Wellington campus Dr Dianne Sika-Paotonu about the current state of the outbreak.