16 Feb 2021

Covid-19: Wastewater testing underway in Auckland, Taranaki

From Morning Report, 8:28 am on 16 February 2021

Wastewater testing is being done by ESR in South Auckland and Taranaki to see whether the virus has spread further.

Testing as recent as 10 February found no signs of Covid-19 in the water.

Brett Cowan is a chief scientist at ESR.

He spoke to Corin Dann.