24 Mar 2020

Dr Ayesha Verrall calls for urgent increase in contact tracing

From Afternoons, 1:38 pm on 24 March 2020

One of the strongest weapons we have in the fight against Covid 19 is contact tracing. 

Infectious diseases doctor and epidemiologist Dr Ayesha Verrall says we need to immediately build our capacity to track contacts and she joins me now.

Patient samples at a safety workbench for coronavirus testing.

Photo: AFP