27 Jan 2020

New Zealand's response to coronavirus threat

From Nine To Noon, 9:05 am on 27 January 2020
Visitors from China arrive at Auckland Airport. 27.1.2020

Photo: RNZ / Liu Chen

Chinese officials are warning that people with the novel coronavirus can be infectious up to two weeks before they develop any symptoms. More than 2000 people have been infected in China and 56 people have died. As the number of infections outside China increases, what is New Zealand doing to combat the threat of it arriving here? Kathryn talks to Virologist Dr Lance Jennings and Dr William Rainger, director of the Auckland Regional Public Health Service who has been at Auckland Airport this morning briefing border staff.