7 May 2020

Coronavirus: Funding allocated to NZ products to fight virus

From Morning Report, 7:38 am on 7 May 2020

The government has begun allocating $25 million to create products and services that will aid in the fight against Covid-19.

So far the Covid-19 Innovation Acceleration Fund has put money towards a new kind of ventilator, a thermal camera screening device, and early vaccine research.

Dr Megan Woods is the Minister of Research, Science and Innovation.