Virus response not 'fit for purpose' in the long-term
Virus response not 'fit for purpose' in the long-term Newsroom 17/12/2020 © Provided by Newsroom A review of border testing before the August outbreak has issued wide-ranging recommendations for reshaping the way New Zealand responds to Covid-19, Marc Daalder reports A review of the failure to roll out regular border testing prior to the August Covid-19 outbreak has concluded that New Zealand's current response model isn't "fit for purpose" over the next two to three years. Sir Brian Roche and Heather Simpson, who chaired the investigation, told then-Health Minister and current Covid-19 R...