Growing confidence as epidemic fails to thrive

An earlier version of this story said 52 confirmed or probable cases were reported on 4 April. In fact there were 82.
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Growing confidence as epidemic fails to thrive

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Michael Baker, professor of public health, University of Otago Wellington
Michael Baker and colleagues say COVID-19’s incubation period was key to aiming to eliminate the coronavirus from New Zealand

“A longer incubation period provides an opportunity for case identification and isolation and tracing and quarantining of contacts to succeed, but pro
References

Baker MG, Kvalsvig A, Verrall A J, et al. New Zealand’s elimination strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic and what is required to make it work. NZ Med J 2020;133;1512:10–14. 3 April online.

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