Sam Morgan's Bluetooth cards would have quickly traced the latest community transmission without the need to lockdown. Sam Morgan's Bluetooth cards would have quickly traced the latest community transmission without the need to lockdown. In August, I urged the Government use saliva testing but what would I know? More authoritative, the Simpson-Roche report into Covid-19 testing last September recommended: "All efforts should be made to introduce saliva testing as soon as possible." Russia produced the first Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V. The former National MP Ross Meurant in August announced plans to import the Russian vaccine.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 23, 2021 16:09 UTC