10 Mar 2023

Health experts warning about Covid-19 in schools

From Morning Report, 8:19 am on 10 March 2023

Health experts are warning that schools without adequate Covid-19 safety measures could cause another outbreak of the virus.

In an editorial published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today, researchers say schools are high-risk settings for infectious diseases and teachers are particularly vulnerable.

In 2022, most school children caught Covid-19 and teachers had the highest infection rates among all occupational groups. 

Professor Michael Baker was one of the authors.

He spoke to Māni Dunlop.