Pandemics an issue of national security, experts argue

Not all the lessons learned from Covid-19 have been incorporated into the Ministry of Health’s new pandemic plan, infectious diseases professor David Murdoch and former director-general of health Sir Ashley Bloomfield write in the New Zealand Medical Journal published on Friday.
Murdoch, who advised the previous government on its Covid-19 response and served on two advisory panels during the pandemic, told Newsroom that New Zealand is better prepared for a global health emergency now than it was in January 2020.