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Covid 19 coronavirus: New Zealand 'a week away' from Italy-style health system crash before lockdown


New Zealand was a week away from a Italy-style 'health system meltdown' because of Covid-19 just days before the decision was made to lock the country down. The revelation is contained in a startling letter by Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners medical director Dr Bryan Betty, where he also warned it would take just several infected people several days to cause a 'potentially exponential increase in cases again'. Betty sent the letter to GPs on Thursday night. In it, he praised their work in confronting the virus and helping avoid a crisis. 'New Zealand has done incredibly well to avoid a Covid-19 crisis, which I believe is in large part due to general practice,' he wrote.

New Zealand Herald - June 7, 2020

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