7 May 2020

COVID 19 elimination 'all about good data'

From Nine To Noon, 9:08 am on 7 May 2020
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As we await to find out what life would look like if Cabinet agrees to loosen lockdown next week, many in the research community say they'd like to see a vastly improved presentation of data from health officials.

They say it's crucial to provide a distinction between imported cases, and data showing transmission within New Zealand.

Kathryn talks with Professor Nick Wilson, from Otago University's Department of Public Health, and Auckland University School of Medicine Professor Des Gorman, who says we need to introduce widespread antibody testing to gain deeper knowledge of how Covid 19 has spread in the community.