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Dr Siouxsie Wiles: We're not ready for Level 2 yet

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 10 May 2020, 5:05PM
Dr Siouxsie Wiles. (Photo / NZ Herald)
Dr Siouxsie Wiles. (Photo / NZ Herald)

Dr Siouxsie Wiles: We're not ready for Level 2 yet

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 10 May 2020, 5:05PM

A top microbiologist says that the country should stay in level three for another week. 

The Government is expected to announce a decision Monday afternoon about whether or not the country will enter alert level 2. 

However, Dr Siouxsie Wiles told The Weekend Collective that a decision should wait until we know how well alert level 3 has gone, despite the low number of new cases over the last week. 

"The cases that we are seeing now is a reflection of how well our level four worked."

She says that if level 3 has not been great, it will take another week for those cases to show up. 

Dr Wiles says it would be a big jump between level 3 and 2 about behaviour and what is open, making it a prime environment for cases to spread. 

"Monday is two weeks since we started level 3, so it really is Monday where we start to see how effective level 3 is." 

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