1 Mar 2021

Contact tracing expert warns Auckland faces battle

From Nine To Noon, 9:07 am on 1 March 2021

As new details emerge about the circumstances that put Auckland back into lockdown - including that the new cases had contact with an infected family during the last one, how difficult is it going to be to avoid a wider outbreak?. Kathryn talks to contact tracing expert Professor Philip Hill. He is the McAuley Professor of International Health at the University of Otago.

Motorists queue at the Otara testing station after a positive COVID-19 coronavirus case was reported in the community as the city enters a level 3 lockdown in Auckland on February 15, 2021.

It's back to the testing queue for many in Auckland, with the city under alert level 3.  Photo: AFP