M?ori health experts worried NZ not ready for Omicron - a podcast by RNZ

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The Ministry of Health has admitted the traffic light system may need to be strengthened in the face of an Omicron Covid-19 outbreak. 
The Government's due to share its plans for how it will deal with the variant in the coming weeks.
Yesterday the Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield told Morning Report the traffic light system, which is based on vaccination certificates, was less suited to Omicron.
The chief executive of M?ori health provider H?pai te Hauora and a member of the National Maori Pandemic group, Selah Hart, talks to Max Towle.

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