Michael Baker

It's all talk and no action thus far for the New Zealand and Australian governments. Despite nine months of discussion about a trans-Tasman bubble, no start-date for quarantine-free travel has been… Audio

The National Party says the time for a trans-Tasman travel bubble is now, calling on the Government to begin quarantine-free movement with Australia immediately. 

University of Otago epidemiologist… Audio

A new case of Covid-19 has been identified in an airline crew member during routine surveillance testing. In a statement last night, the Ministry of Health said the crew member had returned to New… Audio

Michael Baker is an epidemiologist from Otago University and expert on the spread of Covid-19.

He tells Lisa Owen the move to alert level 2 for Auckland and alert level 1 for the rest of New Zealand… Video, Audio

An expert in the spread of Covid 19 wants the country to stay at Alert Level 2 even if the government decides to take Auckland out of Level 3.

Cabinet is meeting today to decide whether the country… Audio

It's four days straight with no Covid-19 community cases reported and the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine continues to be rolled out to frontline workers at New Zealand's border. Karyn invites questions from… Audio

More than 9,000 frontline border workers have received the Covid-19 jab, and their families are next on the list.

A retirement village resident says older people should come straight after that.

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The Mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff, said that there would be a lot of anger in Auckland this week about the rule-breaking which forced Auckland back into lockdown.

The 21-year old man at the centre of… Audio

if someone is Covid positive and infects another person, how long will it take for that person to then become infectious? Prof. Michael Baker from the University of Otago talks us through it. Audio

Auckland moved back into Alert Level 3 lockdown this morning - with the rest of the country being moved to level 2 - after a new Covid-19 case was detected in the community. Joining us again is the… Audio

Aucklanders let out a collective gasp last night when news broke that the city would be going back into Alert Level 3 lockdown after a new community case of Covid-19 was detected. Mayor Phil Goff… Audio

Good news yesterday that there were no new Covid-19 cases, but there's still a lot of concern out there particularly with the news that one of the cases had been working at Kmart in Botany. Joining us… Audio

We welcome back the public health physician from the University of Otago Wellington, Professor Michael Baker. He joins the show to discuss the deployment of the vaccine, the Papatoetoe outbreak, and… Audio

Nathan Rarere discussed the alert level changes with University of Otago professor of Epidemiology Dr Michael Baker. Audio

Michael Baker is an epidemiologist from Otago University and joins Lisa Owen with his analysis.

"I think this is the right decision," Professor Michael Baker told Checkpoint. 

"The evidence was… Video, Audio

The Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins, has just announced there are two new cases of Covid-19 in the community.

Both are students at Papatoetoe High School - one is a close contact of the… Audio

Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker is calling for the Covid tracer app scanning to be made compulsory in high-risk situations only.

The government wants to keep the scanning numbers up and says… Audio

The first Covid-19 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines have landed. They'll be administered to frontline border workers from this Saturday. Health officials expect all New Zealanders aged over 16 to be… Audio

Nathan Rarere spoke with the latest Covid lockdown developments is University of Otago epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker. Audio