Rodney Jones

An Asia analyst says Covid-19 cases are rising exponentially in China and warning lights are flashing.

Wigram Capital Advisers economist Rodney Jones is predicting there'll be more than two million… Audio

China's lockdowns are a worry for the global economy, adding pressure to the supply chain and contributing to higher prices around the world. Rodney Jones is an economist and principal of Wigram… Audio

A claim yesterday that there could be 7000 deaths if only 80 percent of those over age five are vaccinated for Covid-19 is proving controversial.

Health authorities in Auckland are working overtime… Audio

A Covid-19 modeller says the current Delta outbreak is here to stay.

Daily cases have been bouncing around in the 20s and teens for the past week and have yet to fall below 10.

Wigram Capital's… Audio

A government adviser and Covid-19 data modeller, Rodney Jones, says the next few days are pivotal in the country's fight against community spread of the delta variant.

Rodney Jones told Morning… Audio

What can we expect through this Covid-19 cluster, and when the cluster is brought under control?

According to one expert, Delta has changed the land so much the relative freedoms of the last 18… Video, Audio

Cabinet will decide this afternoon whether to extend the nationwide lockdown as the Delta outbreak continues to grow. Another positive case has been announced by the Associate Health Minister Ayesha… Audio

We're now hearing that there are likely to be as many as 120 cases in this current Covid19 cluster. We're joined by Rodney Jones, one of several top statistical modellers who provides Covid-19… Audio

A top Covid-19 modeller says the tools that worked to fight Covid-19 last year are not enough to battle the Delta variant, and points to Sydney where the virus is outpacing efforts to control it… Audio

NZ has temporarily suspended travel from India after a surge of cases in managed isolation from the country.

India has passed 100,000 daily cases every day since Sunday, the only country to pass that… Audio

Nurses in managed isolation hotels are warning they won't be able to cope if rooms no longer needed by Australians are given to travellers from high-risk Covid-19 countries.

The prospect of a… Audio

There are renewed calls for a traffic light system to manage people coming into the country, once a trans-Tasman travel bubble begins.

It's estimated demand for MIQ rooms will drop by 40 percent when… Audio

Strict lockdown measures in the UK and changing behaviours in the US are seeing the number of new Covid-19 cases stabilise.

This week in the UK, new daily cases have dropped below 10,000 for the… Audio

An economist and analyst who plotted the path of the new Covid virus - and gave the government an early head's up - talks about how it unfolded and what's likely to happen next.   Audio

The government is still seeking more information about a claim that Covid-19 has been found on New Zealand meat exports to China.

News agency Reuters reported that the virus was detected on beef and… Audio

An economist believes New Zealand shouldn't be so cautious when future outbreaks of Covid-19 hit the country, having successfully negotiated lockdown twice.

Modeller and economist Rodney Jones says… Audio

The Government is being warned it may have to stop New Zealanders returning home from countries with a high risk of Covid-19 like India.

Modeller and economist Rodney Jones says so far this country… Audio

The pandemic situation in Victoria shows that a Covid-19 outbreak can escalate from very small numbers initially, an economist is warning. Audio