Leading medical voices are warning that the majority of Covid-19 cases will need to treat themselves at home unless there is a serious need for hospital care.
Dr John Bonning says for every Covid-19 patient needing intensive care, he expects up to eight times more will be treated in emergency departments.
He says a much larger number than that shouldn't even approach EDs at all.
Leah Tebbutt takes a deep dive into Waikato and Bay of Plenty's hospitals state of preparedness.
