Tagged: masks

Why we’re adding masks to our Covid-19 toolkit - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Aug 17, 2020 •

• coronavirus,
• COVID-19,
• masks

Lots of people might be wondering why we’re now being asked to wear face masks when we didn’t use them the first time we were stamping out Covid-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand. Back in April I wrote about how even the experts couldn’t agree whether masks should be worn by everyone. Some of that disagreement was … Read More

Don’t panic. We can do this. Together - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Aug 12, 2020 •

• Auckland,
• coronavirus,
• COVID-19,
• masks,
• Pandemic

Aotearoa surpassed 100 days without a case of community transmission of Covid-19. Last night that virus-free streak ended and we’re moving back up the alert levels.  For months now, we’ve been intercepting cases of Covid-19 at the border. But just as has happened in many other countries, somehow the sneaky bastard has got in. At a late press conference last … Read More