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	Podcast:		The Mike Hosking Breakfast
	Episode:		Chris Bishop: NZ is over the focus on daily numbers
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:02:51
	Publish Date:		2022-04-06 19:57:32
	Description:		The National Party is calling for an end to the daily reporting of Covid case numbers and deaths. It's backing calls from Australia's Chief Medical Officer – who says focus should instead be on 'excess deaths'. That refers to the number of deaths from all causes during a crisis, above and beyond what would have been expected to see under ‘normal’ conditions. National's Covid spokesman Chris Bishop told Mike Hosking New Zealanders are over the focus on daily numbers – especially after the success of the vaccination campaign. “And we are one of the top countries in the world in lowest numbers of deaths from Covid, measured on what you described as the excess mortality numbers and we should be focusing on that.” LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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