16 Apr 2020

Coronavirus: Economist expects Alert Level 2 within weeks

From Morning Report, 7:09 am on 16 April 2020

An economist who first warned the government of the potential severity of the coronavirus crisis in mid-February says the country could be at Alert Level 2 within weeks.

Rodney Jones of Wigram Capital Advisors says daily modelling predicts new cases will fall below 10 next week but at the same time numbers in the US are expected to surge by hundreds of thousands.

Sharon Brettkelly reports.