12 Aug 2020

Siouxsie Wiles on genome testing for Covid

From Nine To Noon, 11:50 am on 12 August 2020
Coronavirus particles, illustration. Different strains of coronavirus are responsible for diseases such as the common cold, gastroenteritis and SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome).

Photo: AFP

Science commentator Professor Siouxsie Wiles, head of Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the University of Auckland, discusses genome testing for covid and the possibility that the virus came into the country on surfaces.