Photo / FileNew Zealanders may want to move on from the Covid-19 pandemic, but a new report out this week has warned that a worst-case scenario could see lockdowns still impacting us five years from now. "They draw on these statistics because they want to highlight the fact that this pandemic is far from just a public health crisis," Morton said. "I think as we've gone further and further into the pandemic, we've kind of fallen out of step with that." The main takeaway from the report, Morton said, is that people should not try and convince themselves that the pandemic is over. • The Front Page is a daily news podcast from the New Zealand Herald, available to listen to every weekday from 5am.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 19, 2022 00:40 UTC