5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response
- Written by Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
Getty ImagesThis Friday, February 28, marks five years since COVID-19 was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. At a population level, it remains our most harmful infectious disease, with thousands of hospitalisations and 664 deaths last year.
Understandably perhaps, many people want to move on from the early pandemic years, and there is a...
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