With COVID-19 mutating and surging, NZ urgently needs to tighten border controls
- Written by: Nick Wilson, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
GettyImagesThe global COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying, with more infectious variants of the virus, and more rapid spread, especially in countries such as the US and UK. This deterioration has meant a higher number of infected returnees arriving at New Zealand’s MIQ facilities — with 31 new cases in a recent three-day period.
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