5 Nov 2021

Covid-19: New Plymouth experts and Mayor disagree on modelling

From Morning Report, 6:44 am on 5 November 2021

The mayor of New Plymouth has found himself at odds with the Taranaki Public Health Unit over modelling of the potential impact of a delta outbreak in the province.

Neil Holdom is warning of thousands of infections, hundreds of hospital admissions and more than 50 deaths over a year, meanwhile the professionals are taking a far more optimistic view.

Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more.