Photo: RNZThe Government was still falling short on contact tracing targets a week ago - 10 days into the current Covid outbreak. It released several new sets of tracing data, covering the first 10 days of the current outbreak, along with a long-awaited report into progress on improving the country's contact tracing system. Mathematician and Covid modeller Michael Plank said contact tracing had been made a lot easier because the country was at level 3. But it highlighted problems with the fragmented nature of the health system, including public health units often acting independently. Health Minister Chris Hipkins said the contact tracing system had improved even since Sir Brian's report and different parts of the health system were now working much better together.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 27, 2020 18:22 UTC