NZ's Covid tools not enough to battle Delta variant - a podcast by RNZ

A top Covid-19 modeller says the tools that worked to fight Covid-19 last year are not enough to battle the Delta variant, and points to Sydney where the virus is outpacing efforts to control it. Rodney Jones is warning that until New Zealand gets more of the population vaccinated, the country will be holding its breath that the more transmissible variant doesn't enter the country. Wellington is still on high alert after a visitor from Sydney over the weekend later tested positive for Covid-19. Two days of testing in the capital has yet to return any positive cases in the community but today the first of the crucial 'day five' test results are expected. Rodney Jones provides Covid-19 modelling information to the government.

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