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Are DIY COVID-19 tests on the cards for New Zealand?

by Colson | Jan 25, 2023 | I roto i te pāpāho

Professor Ian Town, Chief Science Advisor to the Ministry of Health, discusses RAT tests and whether they will be introduced to New Zealand. 

Listen to his interview with RNZ here

An illustrative model of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle

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