Michael Baker

A special type of blood test could give vital clues as to how an isolation hotel maintenance worker got Covid-19 from an infected guest he had never met.

Health officials are stumped and are being… Audio

People are grappling with the second round of lockdown, what it entails, and the prospect of day-to-day mask wearing. Professor Michael Baker joins the show to discuss what the coming weeks and months… Audio

Ideally a few more days test results would be collected before the government moves alert levels. That's from epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker, ahead of Cabinet's meeting today, where they'll… Audio

A lot of hope is being pinned on the development of a vaccine for Covid-19, with the hope it will allow life to return to normal.

However experts say the public would need to have high confidence in… Audio

Auckland is going back into Alert Level 3, after the discovery of four Covid-19 cases in the community.

The health authorities have not yet worked out where the positive cases have come from as they… Audio

New Zealand's prime minister says a travel bubble with the Cook Islands could be open by the end of the year, but there's some disappointment in the Cook Islands at how long it's taking. Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has signalled a bubble between New Zealand and the Cook Islands should be open before the end of the year and that a draft agreement is almost finished.

Public Health… Audio

Experts are saying there is a very high chance that Covid-19 will start being transmitted through the community again soon and that it is only a matter of time before NZ goes back to alert level two… Audio

'Covid-19 unmasked: understanding the outbreak' is a panel discussion from the 2020 New Zealand International Science Festival. Audio

The case of the South Korean traveller who tested positive for coronavirus after travelling from New Zealand begs the question - are we prepared for community transmission?

Some health experts want… Audio

Public health experts are concerned about the extremely low rate of community testing.

On Sunday 681 tests were processed, the vast majority of them, 673, were from swabs taken from people in managed… Audio

Downloads of the government's Covid-19 app have stalled, prompting warnings to the NZ public not to get complacent.

About 596,000 people had installed it on their phones as of yesterday, just 5000… Audio

It's now been suggested new arrivals in managed isolation should stay in their rooms until they have a negative covid test. Tests are compulsory on about day three and public health expert Michael… Audio

The team of five million's being told by three influential New Zealanders that its time to give up on eliminating COVID-19 on our shores and reopen our borders. Audio

Worldwide there's now been more than 10 million Covid-19 cases with close to five hundred thousand deaths.

A quarter of those cases - about 2.5 million - have been in the United States, with Florida… Audio

A review of the country's managed isolation system has found it's under extreme stress and unable to respond to increasing demand. In response the government will increase the number of clinical and… Audio

A leading public health expert is backing the opposition's attack on Covid-19 border controls, saying a rigorous system is a matter of life or death.

It comes as the government unveils its plan to… Audio