Rod Jackson

The city state of Singapore is now opening itself up again to the outside world with fully vaccinated citizens now able to travel to many countries and many big public events are back on the social… Audio

A leading epidemiologist says while he has breathed a sigh of relief level 3 is still in place, he thinks the government has gone too far with the stepped transition, and it is too risky.

Professor… Video, Audio

There were 19 new community infections confirmed on Friday, but health authorities estimate there will be at least 30 more based on transmission rates and the number of households contacts.

More than… Video, Audio

"There's only one game in town, and that's vaccination. Everything else is stop gap measures".

That's the view of Auckland epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson.

Jackson says politicians should be… Audio

Epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson discusses Auckland's move to Covid-19 alert level 3. Video, Audio

One more week of level 4 restrictions is “probably not” a long enough time to contain the Auckland Covid-19 Delta outbreak, University of Auckland epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson tells Checkpoint… Video, Audio

People on the vaccination frontline in Auckland want all 250,000 of the government's bonus Pfizer doses to come to the city.

The extra doses from Spain have brought in to tide the country through… Audio

Workers who'll come face to face with Aucklanders in the school holidays are being singled out in the Ministry of Health's latest Covid-19 testing plan.

It's recommending testing for hospitality… Audio

The National Party is calling for a Border Agency Protection to be set up. The party also wants international travellers to provide evidence of a negative covid-19 test before coming into the country… Audio

Auckland University Professor of Epidemiology, Rod Jackson, explains why a just released study saying there are no health benefits from reducing meat consumption is based on flawed trials. Audio