Two further Covid-19 deaths this week brought New Zealand ever-closer to recording a half century of pandemic fatalities - with our Covid death total now sitting at 46 - while the country remains on target to reach the 90% vaccination rate by Christmas. Professor Michael Baker, the well-known public health physician from the University of Otago, Wellington, is back with us to discuss the inevitable arrival of the Omicron variant, the increased risks Covid survivors face, the idea that the time of day a person receives their vaccine has an impact on the body's immune response, and what can be expected when New Zealand's largest city, Auckland, opens its borders this week.
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