Dr Mark Jacobs compares Swine Flu and Covid-19
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English - May 04, 2020 06:11 - 8 minutes - 7.74 MBNews Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Despite zero new cases of Covid-19 today a former public health boss who was at the centre of New Zealand's battle against swine flu says the coronavirus is going to be with us for years to come.
Dr Mark Jacobs was the Director of Public Health during the 2009 outbreak in New Zealand, in which at least 20 people died and more than a 1,100 people were hospitalised, with 119 in intensive care.
Dr Jacobs, who now works with the World Health Organisation, says any urge to celebrate is premature.