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The COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ: A brief photo-essay with 10 photos

Wednesday, November 25th, 2020 | tedla55p | No Comments

Luke Pilkinton-Ching, Prof Michael Baker, Prof Nick Wilson

In this photo-essay of the COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ, each photo is accompanied by a brief comment on the pandemic impact or response. In some instances these images reflect success factors such as the relatively early introduction of border controls and the stringent nature of the “lockdown”. But we also consider some weaknesses: the slow adoption of mandated mass mask use and the recent run of eight border control failures.

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Monitoring and Forecasting the COVID-19 Pandemic in New Zealand Including the Successful Impact of the Lockdown

Friday, May 22nd, 2020 | tedla55p | 5 Comments

Dr Jaijus Pallippadan-Johny¹, Dr John McDermott², Rodney Jones¹ and Michael Duddin¹(¹ Wigram Capital Advisors, Auckland; ²Motu Economic and Policy Research, Wellington)

In this blog, we introduce our modelling approach to estimating the transmissibility of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. We demonstrate the usefulness of the Wallinga model for the calculation of the effective reproduction number and show the major impact of the lockdown on containing the pandemic in New Zealand.

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The COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ: A brief photo-essay with 10 photos

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