Michael Baker

Professor Michael Baker discusses the practicalities of what the PM has announced for New Zealand, primarily that anyone incoming must self-isolate unless they are from the Pacific Islands, and fields… Audio

As Covid-19 sweeps across the world, Eyewitness examines another outbreak that captured the headlines a decade ago. Audio

A public health expert believes the Government should be doing more - and should close all schools and cut public transport now.

Professor Michael Baker is from the Department of Public Health… Audio

New Zealand should ramp up its response to Covid-19 and shut its schools, a public health expert says. Audio

In the light of the Prime Minister's announcement that from midnight Sunday every person arriving in NZ will have to isolate themselves for 14 days, public health expert Michael Baker returns to… Audio

Covid-19 is now a pandemic.

The World Health Organisation made the declaration just before 6-o'clock this morning, saying it's deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity - and of… Audio

One phrase we've heard a lot since the coronavirus outbreak is self-isolation. All travellers arriving in New Zealand must now self-isolate for 14 days. But what are you actually allowed to do while… Audio

A public health expert is warning that disruption caused by the Covid-19 virus could continue for up to two years.

Professor Michael Baker says figures over the weekend suggest a major tipping point… Audio

Michael Baker, public health professor at the University of Otago, joins the show to answer listener questions about Covid-19's continued risk in this country. Audio

A public health professor says the World Health Organisation's failure to declare Covid-19 a pandemic is giving New Zealanders a false sense of security.

It was confirmed yesterday an Auckland man is… Audio

An infectious disease specialist says more people with coronavirus could already be in the community and might be silently transmitting the disease.

An Auckland woman has Covid-19 but wasn't… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is urging calm as panicked shoppers rush for medical supplies and empty supermarket shelves in the wake of this country's first coronavirus case. Professor Michael… Audio

Professor Michael Baker speaks to Lisa Owen regarding the corona virus. Video, Audio

Fears a pandemic is on the way are growing as the coronavirus Covid-19 continues to spread around the globe, with one New Zealand epidemiologist saying it's not clear why the World Health Organisation… Audio

Cabinet will decide today whether to extend the temporary travel restrictions put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus, which are due to expire tonight.

Currently, any foreign travellers who… Audio

The 11 New Zealanders in quarantine on board the cruise ship, the Diamond Princess, are being offered seats on a plane that's leaving Japan for Australia tomorrow.

Not all of them want to go despite… Audio

A public health expert says the Wuhan outbreak now has all of the characteristics of a pandemic.

The virus has now killed more than 800 people, surpassing the death toll from the SARS epidemic in… Audio

With the Wuhan coronavirus spreading to more than 23 countries including Australia, extra effort is being put in to keep it out of the Pacific. Audio

The Ministry of Health is telling anyone travelling from China to New Zealand to isolate themselves for 14 days after arriving in the country.

However, no cases of the virus have been confirmed in… Audio

Samoa's government has imposed heavy restrictions on its border in a bid to stave off the coronavirus, in the wake of last year's measles epidemic. Audio