21 Aug 2020

Covid-19: How seriously are young Kiwis taking the pandemic?

From Morning Report, 7:38 am on 21 August 2020

New Zealand's young people say if Covid-19 continues to spread here it won't be their fault, following an international warning that their age group is driving the spread of the virus.

The warning, from the World Health Organization, is based on surges in cases among people in their twenties and thirties in Australia, the Philippines and Japan.

RNZ's Rachel Thomas found out just how seriously young New Zealanders are taking the pandemic.