25 Aug 2020

Govt launches 7-day Covid-19 testing blitz

From Checkpoint, 5:23 pm on 25 August 2020

With many questions still outstanding about the Covid-19 cluster, the government is launching a seven-day testing blitz across the country.

It's set a goal of 70,000 tests over the next week to boost confidence that the outbreak has been contained.

RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch with the Covid-19 jigsaw.