New Zealanders are super-connected. When restrictions lift in Auckland, it won't take much to amplify Delta's spread

By Dion O'Neale, Lecturer - Department of Physics, University of Auckland; Principal Investigator - Te Pūnaha Matatini, University of Auckland
Emily Harvey, Principal Investigator, Te Pūnaha Matatini, University of Auckland
James Gilmour, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Auckland
Steven Turnbull, Te Pūnaha Matatini Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Auckland

A model of a “virtual” Aotearoa shows even a few new connections will lead to a complex web of transmission which could fuel the spread of the Delta outbreak.

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