6 Oct 2023

Celebrate success - but COVID not over, warn experts

From Morning Report, 7:20 am on 6 October 2023

New Zealand's covid restrictions during the pandemic saved the lives of about 20,000 people.

That's according to the first comprehensive analysis of the COVID-19 response, published in the New Zealand Medical Journal on Friday.

Its authors - 16 leading doctors and scientists - are calling for all serious respiratory infections - including the flu and RSV - to be treated the same way.

Ruth Hill reports.