2 Mar 2020

Covid-19: What you need to know

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 2 March 2020

The government's to decide today whether to increase some of its border restrictions to include South Korea and Italy.

Travel bans are in place for Iran and China for non-New Zealand residents to prevent more cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand.

The country has only one known case - a person who arrived from Iran on Wednesday - but three of their family members are in self-quarantine.

RNZ health correspondent Rowan Quinn joins Morning Report to discuss the latest developments.