23 Feb 2022

Covid-19: Rod Jackson urges NZers to take Omicron seriously

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 23 February 2022

An Auckland epidemiologist is urging New Zealanders to take Omicron seriously, and certainly not to think of it as similar to the flu.

The warning by Rod Jackson comes as new modelling by Te Pūnaha Matatini shows that Omicron could peak by mid next month, with about 4000 daily cases.

Professor Jackson spoke to Susie Ferguson.