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Covid 19 coronavirus: Dr Ashley Bloomfield gives vaccine rollout update; two cases in managed isolation 15 Apr, 2021 01:38 AM 3 minutes to read Focus Live: Dr Ashley Bloomfield on the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plan NZ Herald Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will speak to media and provide more detail on New Zealands Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan this afternoon. This will include "information about the delivery plan, the online booking tool, and updated public sentiment research",...

One case was a returnee from Ethiopia and the other from India.

Bloomfield provides vaccine rollout update Bloomfield provides vaccine rollout update Thu, 15 Apr 2021, 5:09PM Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will speak to media and provide more detail on New Zealands Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan this afternoon. This will include "information about the delivery plan, the online booking tool, and updated public sentiment research", according to MoH. Earlier today it was confirmed there are two new Covid cases in managed iso...

But it doesn't change the Prime Minister's view that everyone has a role to play.

Covid 19 coronavirus: Two new cases, infected MIQ security guard misled employer, claimed he had regular tests 14 Apr, 2021 02:35 AM 8 minutes to read PM Jacinda Ardern says the security guard who tested positive to Covid-19 lied about being tested. Video / Mark Mitchell PM Jacinda Ardern says the security guard who tested positive to Covid-19 lied about being tested. Video / Mark Mitchell Derek Cheng is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldderek.cheng@nzme.co.nz A Covid-infected MIQ ...

COVID-19 infected security guard lied to employer about being regularly tested - Ardern Newshub 2 hrs ago © Video - Newshub ; Image -Newshub/Getty Watch: Hipkins reveals the worker may have supplied false information. The managed isolation security guard who went untested between November and April lied to his employer, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Chris Hipkins, the Minister for COVID-19 Response, said during Wednesdays COVID press conference the Grand Millennium managed is...

Covid 19 coronavirus: Up to 60 MIQ workers still not being tested regularly 14 Apr, 2021 04:07 AM 4 minutes to read PM Jacinda Ardern says the security guard who tested positive to Covid-19 lied about being tested. Video / Mark Mitchell PM Jacinda Ardern says the security guard who tested positive to Covid-19 lied about being tested. Video / Mark Mitchell Derek Cheng is a political reporter for the New Zealand Heraldderek.cheng@nzme.co.nz Up to 60 MIQ workers might be floating around their comm...

Case B, a 24-year-old, was meant to undergo mandatory fortnightly testing. But according to Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) chief executive Carolyn Tremain, who spoke to the Health Select Committee, the security staffer was last tested for COVID-19 in November.  As it has been nearly five months, Case B has missed at least seven tests.  The Government claims Case B told First Security, his employer, he was being tested - even though he wasnt.  The Government doesnt kno...

Covid 19 coronavirus: Dozens of MIQ workers may be missing regular swabs 14 Apr, 2021 05:31 PM 4 minutes to read PM Jacinda Ardern says the security guard who tested positive to Covid-19 lied about being tested. Video / Mark Mitchell PM Jacinda Ardern says the security guard who tested positive to Covid-19 lied about being tested. Video / Mark Mitchell RNZ Critical testing of workers at managed isolation facilities is again under scrutiny with revelations dozens of staff may not be getting regu...

Photo: Mohd Rasfan / AFP Ministry of Health records show that a security guard who tested positive last week missed about five months of testing before that. Now it appears there could be up to 60 staff who have also missed regular mandatory testing. A public health expert is warning the current system is not up to the job and needs an urgent fix before the trans-Tasman bubble opens. Regular Covid-19 testing for MIQ workers is compulsory so news of an infected security guard at the Grand Millen...