Lately for Tuesday 17 August 2021

10:20 Your covid questions with Professor Michael Baker
Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker joins Karyn to answer your questions about the Delta variant and the latest positive case. Genomic testing is still underway to establish whether the latest case is the Delta variant.

10:30 Plunging back into Level 4 in Coromandel
The man who has tested positive for Covid-19 travelled between Auckland and Coromandel, returning two days ago - and has been praised for scanning continuously throughout the trip. That scanning has meant officials were able to pin down 23 locations of interest, 13 of them in Coromandel.The Thames Coromandel Mayor Sandra Goudie was off the grid and only heard about the lockdown listening to the radio

 

10:40 Vast majority of New Zealanders not scanning
Digital and ethics expert, Andrew Chen chats to Karyn about the wake-up call this latest community case presents. Dr Chen says he's worried that some people think they should be able to just use their credit card and EFTPOS data. He says the data is not accurate enough.

 

10:50 Being a woman in Kabul under Taliban rule
Last night we talked to Taqi Amini, who is a Hazaran Afghani in Auckland who is trying to help his wife's parents get out of Kabul. Tonight Karyn talks to Zahra Ashna who is in Kabul.  She has been working for international organizations in Afghanistan and recently started to work in the government. She's currently living in Kabul with her husband and children.