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Expert Reactions | Published: 09 April 2020

New Zealanders returning to the country will be quarantined for 14 days in an approved facility. This afternoon Prime Minister Jacinda […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 09 April 2020

Testing for COVID-19: what’s the most effective method? What do we still need to learn? Do we have enough supplies? […]

Expert Q&A | Published: 08 April 2020

The Science Media Centre hosted an online media briefing with Professor David Murdoch on testing for COVID-19. Professor David Murdoch […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 07 April 2020

Tomorrow New Zealanders will reach the half-way point of the four-week-long Level 4 restrictions. Today, the Ministry of Health launched […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 06 April 2020

The world has not seen a global pandemic this size since 1918, which has quickly raised anguishing ethical questions around […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 03 April 2020

To mask or not to mask? Between contradictory headlines, many are confused about whether face masks help reduce the spread […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 02 April 202012 August 2020

Kiwi parents and caregivers will likely be facing their own challenges caring for children as New Zealand enters the second […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 April 202011 May 2020

Support services have raised alarm bells over the lockdown, saying it could spark more cases of family violence in New […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 01 April 202001 April 2020

New Zealand, alongside the rest of the world, is having to make unprecedented policy decisions in the face of the […]

Expert Reactions | Published: 31 March 202031 March 2020

The nationwide lockdown raises questions on how New Zealanders will consume both legal and illegal substances during Alert Level 4 […]