Michael Baker

Aucklanders are being warned not to be caught napping again when it comes to Covid-19.

The city is preparing to join the rest of the country in Alert level 1 from Thursday.

But some experts are… Audio

The Government is expected to announce Auckland's return to Level 1, but is the city ready?

Epidemiologist Michael Baker says it's been two weeks since the last case in the community, and there's a… Audio

Cabinet will meet today to decide whether there's enough evidence to conclude that the Auckland Covid outbreak has been contained and the city can return to normality. It has agreed, in principle, for… Audio

Twelve people in managed isolation tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday - 10 were on the same flight from India.

It's prompted calls for tougher restrictions for arrivals from countries considered… Audio

New Zealand has reported 12 new Covid-19 cases today, the highest daily number in a month. Ten of the new cases have arrived on the same flight from India while one came from the United States and the… Audio

A public health expert says its not clear National's border plan is much different than the status quo.

Māni Dunlop spoke to Epidemiologist, Michael Baker. Audio

The Government will today decide whether we're ready to ease Covid-19 restrictions, nearly six weeks after the virus re-emerged in New Zealand. It's agreed in principle for everywhere but Auckland to… Audio

Ministry of Health figures show it's still taking too long for the contacts of people with Covid-19 to get into isolation.

The Ministry is not reaching its target of having 80 percent of contacts in… Audio

Some Auckland rest homes have begun allowing visitors again - despite no change in the alert level.

When the city locked down last month - so did aged care homes.

And while guidelines allow visitors… Audio

With the World Health Organization recording a record one-day rise in the number of new coronavirus infections - 307,930 cases reported over 24 hours - New Zealand's Cabinet has decided alert levels… Audio

Nearly 500 people associated with the Mt Roskill church cluster - and all their close contacts - have been asked to get retested for Covid-19 as the Auckland cluster grows.

The Mount Roskill… Audio

Auckland is no longer in lockdown - but hasn't moved a full step down to alert level 2. That means social gatherings in the supercity are limited to 10 people, except for funerals and tangihanga, and… Audio

Aucklanders are waiting for their clocks to hit midnight and a much-anticipated return to alert level 2, along with the rest of the country. But plenty of Covid-19 questions remain. Professor Michael… Audio

By the time Grant and Marilyn Nelson retire they would have given away more than $50 million. In the 1970s, the pair started a business in a garage which proved to be so successful that in 1995 they… Audio

Six new Covid-19 cases in the community as of yesterday, four linked to the existing Auckland cluster and the origin of the other two cases is being looked into. Professor Michael Baker is back for… Audio

Covid-19 has been able to get into the Auckland community at least twice, although the exact method of transmission is a mystery for both occasions. Otago University epidemiologist professor Michael… Audio

Dozens of New Zealanders have been on tropical holidays since the country's nationwide lockdown - including some intrepid travellers who left while the team of five million stayed home.

They're among… Audio

A special type of blood test could give vital clues as to how an isolation hotel maintenance worker got Covid-19 from an infected guest he had never met.

Health officials are stumped and are being… Audio

People are grappling with the second round of lockdown, what it entails, and the prospect of day-to-day mask wearing. Professor Michael Baker joins the show to discuss what the coming weeks and months… Audio