25 Jun 2021

Health experts confused by government resistance to mandatory masking

From Morning Report, 6:37 am on 25 June 2021

Health experts are mystified over Government reluctance to enforce mandatory mask wearing and QR code scanning under alert level 2.

Covid-19 Reponse Minister Chris Hipkins says while mandating these measures is always on the table, he's not ready to enforce them right now.

That's perplexed health experts who say New Zealand is out of step with mounting scientific evidence.

Political reporter Anneke Smith has more.