Public health experts are warning New Zealand can't drop its guard as a new sub-variant of Covid sets alarm bells ringing
Public health experts are warning New Zealand can't drop its guard as a new sub-variant of Covid sets alarm bells ringing
9 January 2023
A new Omicron strain, nicknamed the Kraken after a fictitious Scandinavian sea monster, is surging through the U.S - and has been detected in Australia, and much of Europe.
The World Health Organisation has labelled the XBB.1.5 strain the most transmissible sub-variant detected yet
Auckland University Covid expert Anna Brooks says the bottom line is New Zealand needs a surveillance system.
She says we can't just shut up shop and pretend Covid has gone away, when it hasn't.
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