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When will we reach peak covid?
Nine To Noon
English - March 25, 2020 21:18 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Mick Roberts from Massey University is a Professor in Mathematical Biology who has published over a hundred papers on modelling epidemics. He talks to Kathryn Ryan about why every single contact we reduce during the lock down is crucial, and on current projections when Covid-19 is likely to peak here. As Prime Minister Jacinda Adern and public health officials have reiterated the number of New Zealanders infected with Covid-19 will continue to grow, possibly steeply in the coming days, but Mick says we should not be discouraged.