Tag: Michael Baker
WHO covid-19 status changed but still NZ’s infectious ‘number one killer’
RNZ News
The World Health Organisation's decision to remove covid-19 as a global health emergency is the right move, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says.
The organisation...
Smaller covid waves in NZ, but still ‘major uncertainties’ – professor
RNZ News
New Zealand is in the grip of a fourth wave of covid but it is predicted to be smaller than previous mass outbreaks.
The...
‘Mask up’ – warns epidemiologist over NZ’s rising fourth wave...
RNZ News
Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says Aotearoa New Zealand is experiencing its fourth wave of covid-19 infection and warns people to stay vigilant.
He said...
NZ moves to orange: Experts respond to change in traffic light...
RNZ News
Covid-19 restrictions for all of New Zealand will ease from midnight tonight but a leading epidemiologist says the country is divided over its...
NZ’s covid-19 response still one of the best worldwide, says health...
RNZ News
A public health expert says New Zealand's covid-19 response is still one of the best in the world, two years after the first...
Otago University covid-19 experts copping abuse from anti-vaxxers
By Hamish MacLean in Dunedin
University of Otago covid-19 experts are not immune to the increasingly vitriolic attacks dished out to scientists commenting on New...
Risk of ‘unequal outbreak’ hurting Māori, Pasifika, says top NZ epidemiologist
RNZ News
Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says his biggest concern is that the spread of the delta variant of covid-19 in New Zealand is an...
Northland added to NZ’s alert level 3 tonight over ‘uncooperative’ case
RNZ News
Northland will move to alert level 3 restrictions from 11:59pm tonight, New Zealand's Covid-19 Response Minister has confirmed.
Minister Chris Hipkins held a briefing...
PNG, Fiji situation ‘going backwards’ over covid, warns NZ health expert
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea and Fiji are among several countries in the region going backwards in their fight against the...
NZ’s covid-19 community cases: Source of infection ‘big unknown’
By RNZ News
The exact source of Auckland community cases of covid-19 in the latest New Zealand outbreak is the "big unknown" and there could...
‘Impose stricter quarantine measures’, epidemiologist tells NZ
By RNZ News
The New Zealand government should impose a week-long home quarantine for returnees after they have left managed isolation facilities to reduce the...