Sir Peter Gluckman says New Zealand will have to move towards a more “weightless” economy. Former government chief scientist Sir Peter Gluckman says more effective contact tracing and community surveillance would reduce the economic damage from future outbreaks of Covid-19. Gluckman, director of the University of Auckland’s Centre for Informed Futures, said New Zealand was not using all the tools available to fight the disease. “The more effective and efficient that testing, contact tracing and community surveillance are, the less likely severe constraints will be needed,” said Gluckman. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images Australia is battling Covid-19, but Sir Peter Gluckman says it is now possible it will fail.

Source: Stuff August 20, 2020 00:54 UTC