Kate Hawkesby: Reducing our self-iso time would make a huge difference

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Mar 7, 2022 · 3m

It’s pretty quiet in Auckland at the moment, with what feels like everyone isolating. The roads are not as congested with traffic, the malls are quiet, cafes are either shut or operating at reduced hours, it's all a bit sad.

How many of those isolating actually have Covid though?

Because it seems like an awful lot of people are at home, and I just wonder how many of them actually need to be.

There’s definitely still confusion out there as to what the rules are. Who should isolate and for how long. To do a RAT or not, to register it or not. There are those still paralysed with fear, those…