26 Aug 2021

Covid-19: Outbreak worse than initial expectations

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 26 August 2021

A Covid-19 modeller is warning the current outbreak is much larger than initially suspected and is significantly worse than what NZ experienced last year.

Professor Shaun Hendy provides advice to the Government around where an outbreak might end up and his first run suggested cases would total at about 120.

Our current number of active cases is now 210 and has not hit the peak.

Professor Hendy spoke to Susie Ferguson.