Two years on from the first COVID case, New Zealand's successful pandemic response still faces major challenges

  • Written by: Michael Baker, Professor of Public Health, University of Otago
Two years on from the first COVID case, New Zealand's successful pandemic response still faces major challengesFiona Goodall/Getty Images

Two years ago today, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. Few of us could have imagined the huge impact this pandemic would still be having two years later.

As New Zealand enters its third year of the pandemic, we are facing widespread community transmission as an epidemic wave of the...

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