14 Apr 2020

Covid-19 deaths highlight vulnerable elderly in NZ

From Checkpoint, 6:19 pm on 14 April 2020

New Zealand has had its deadliest day of the Covid-19 crisis, with three of the four deaths linked to a Christchurch rest home.

Officials say the deaths highlight the vulnerability of the aged care sector to the virus.

But the government is so far resisting a call from aged care facilities to ramp up testing to avoid further deaths.

Mackenzie Smith reports.