31 Jan 2022

Covid-19: cases predicted to hit 600-1000 per day next week

From Midday Report, 12:12 pm on 31 January 2022

A Covid-19 modeller thinks New Zealand could hit 1000 cases each day by the middle of next week, largely driven by the Omicron variant. 

Auckland University computational biologist David Welch told Māni Dunlop that despite the seemingly inevitable rise in cases, it was still worth taking public health precautions.