The New Zealand Covid-19 Response and the Elimination Strategy
Held by Machael G. Baker, professor of Public Health at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
Michael is a public health physician and is currently a fellow at CAS on the project Social Science Meets Biology.
His work during 2020-2023 was dominated by assisting with the Covid-19 pandemic response on New Zealand. Michael is a member of the Ministry of Health’s Covid-19 Technical Advisory Group and has been a leading architect and advocate for the Covid-19 elimination strategy. He established a programme of research on the epidemiology, prevention and control of Covid-19 in NZ and internationally (Co-Search), which has generated a large amount of published research and commentary aimed at improving the pandemic response.
During this seminar, Michael will talk about New Zealand's response to the Covid-19 pandemic and their elimination strategy.