13 Aug 2020

Covid-19: Modeller thinks virus could have lurked for some time

From Morning Report, 6:38 am on 13 August 2020

Covid-19 could have been spreading in Auckland for weeks before the latest community outbreak was discovered. How four family members got the disease remains a mystery.

They have no known connection to the country's border - the only place experts believe the virus could have arrived.

Physicist and disease modeller Shaun Hendy says that's the biggest clue that the virus could have been lurking in the city for some time.