The next phase in Aotearoa New Zealand's COVID-19 response: a tight suppression strategy may be the best option

Affiliations

• ¹ Professor of Public Health, Director of CoSearch, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington.
• ² Senior Research Fellow, Co-Director of CoSearch, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington.
• ³ Professor in Māori Health, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin; Specialist General Practitioner, Invercargill.
• ⁴ Associate Professor, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Auckland; Specialist General Practitioner, Papakura Marae Health Clinic, Auckland.
• ⁵ Associate Dean (Pacific) and Associate Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland.
• ⁶ Medical Director of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners; Specialist General Practitioner, Cannons Creek, East Porirua.
• ⁷ FACEM, Emergency Physician Waikato Hospital; Chair of the Council of Medical Colleges of Aotearoa NZ; Immediate Past president ACEM.
• ⁸ Professor of Public Health, BODE3 Programme, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington.