We're hearing a lot about contact tracing at the moment. The Roche report into New Zealand's contact tracing scheme has just been released to the public and it contains good news and bad.
New Zealand's system for hunting the virus has improved hugely from its standing start in February. But we could be living in a Covid tracing world for years and there are definite improvements to be made. We also face a new challenge in tracing as Auckland moves into Level 2 next week.
Michael Plank is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at Canterbury University and a Principal Investigator at Te Pūnaha Matatini.
Covid-19 modelling scenarios from Te Pūnaha Matatini. Photo: Twitter / Shaun Hendy
