Why New Zealand’s coronavirus cases will keep rising for weeks, even in level 4 lockdown
- Written by Arindam Basu, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Canterbury
The number of New Zealanders testing positive for COVID-19 will continue to rise despite the strict conditions of the four-week lockdown that began this week.
As of today, there are 368 cases in New Zealand, up from 39 recorded a week ago, and just over three weeks after the first case was reported on March 3.
The question now is how...
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