Partnering with Ministry of Health
In amongst the global chaos, the approaching Coronavirus and its potentially devastating impact, the Ministry of Health implemented a National Close Contact Service (NCCS) in Wellington, to trace people who had connected with someone testing positive for the virus. This was a government priority.
This was a highly uncertain situation; hard data was not available; the country went into Alert Level 4 lockdown and ‘unprecedented’ became the word of the hour. The Wellington contact tracing project was set up under urgency by a highly committed team who tirelessly worked on ‘building the plane and building the runway’, with the population of New Zealand tuning in daily.
Our teams achieved:
- 70 people recruited to support NNCS Wellington
- 0% issues: 100% high caliber people recruited.
- 350 people ‘ready to go’ for a national remote workforce with medical backgrounds – for IF the virus became community transmitted.
- 150 additional people, on standby across New Zealand, also IF needed.