A public health expert reviewing the government's contact tracing strategy says it's bizarre that system capacity hasn't been increased, given its cost-effectiveness compared to spiralling cases and continued restrictions.
The Ministry of Health's update yesterday said 140 cases from the last fortnight remained unlinked. (After the interview, the latest 1pm update on 19/10/21 said there were now 183 unlinked cases)
Otago University's Professor Philip Hill, who's part of Sir Brian Roche's continuous improvement ministerial advisory group, told Māni Dunlop he's not convinced there are enough contact tracers available to meet the ministry's stated aim of reaching the contacts of 1000 cases a day.
