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How Omicron Could Change Aotearoa's Public Health Response w/ Dr David Welch: January 18, 2022

How Omicron Could Change Aotearoa's Public Health Response w/ Dr David Welch: January 18, 2022

How Omicron Could Change Aotearoa's Public Health Response w/ Dr David Welch: January 18, 2022 How Omicron Could Change Aotearoa's Public Health Response w/ Dr David Welch: January 18, 2022, 9.22 MB
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

This morning on RNZ's Morning Report, Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said that Aotearoa’s traffic light system is less suited to the Omicron variant than the Delta variant and will need to be adjusted. News and Editorial Director Jemima Huston speaks to Dr David Welch, a virus mutation expert at the University of Auckland, about what these adjustments may be and why they are necessary. Also, as the government is set to announce any changes to the public health repsonse in the coming weeks Jemima asks Dr Welch whether "weeks" is too long to wait to prepare for a major community outbreak of Omicron in Aotearoa.