17 Aug 2020

Covid-19: Warning outbreak could spread through pacific community like 'wildfire'

From Morning Report, 7:28 am on 17 August 2020

Pacific health leaders are warning of a 'wildfire' outbreak of Covid-19 in the Pacific community if the Auckland cluster isn't fully contained.

Just under 70 percent of the current Auckland cluster are from this community despite it making up 8.1 percent of the city's population.

Those working in Pacific health say the community is feeling anxious after a swell of racial abuse directed towards the latest Covid-19 cluster.

Anneke Smith has more.