Covid unlikely to die out, says New Zealand health chief Ashley Bloomfield
by Charles Anderson in Nelson from on (#5D2DF)
Director general says virus may become less deadly over time and warned of vigilance needed to keep out new variants
Covid-19 is unlikely to ever die out, even with vaccination efforts, but it could become more transmissible and less deadly, New Zealand's director general of health has warned.
If you think about influenza, which was first recorded in 1172 I think, in Europe ... these viruses don't tend to die out ... They change over time and in fact what we are seeing with these new variants with the Covid-19 virus is that they tend become more transmissible and less deadly over time," Dr Ashley Bloomfield told the AM Show on Wednesday.
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