The Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) will be changing its name to the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) on 1 July 2025. The new website address will be www.phfscience.nz as of this date. Visitors will automatically be redirected to the new address, but we would appreciate you checking and updating any links and bookmarks after this change.
In February 2024, SARS-CoV-2 levels in wastewater averaged 5.17 million genome copies per person per day (GC/p/d) compared to 5.97 GC/p/d in January. During this period, SARS-CoV-2 levels were highest in the week ending 18 February at 6.44 million GC/p/d.