Covid 19 coronavirus: Seafarers say overloaded MIQ system treats them unfairly
7 Feb, 2021 07:03 PM
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The last 60 returnees at Auckland s Pullman Hotel are due to depart today, having completed their 14 days managed isolation. Video / Dean Purcell
The last 60 returnees at Auckland s Pullman Hotel are due to depart today, having completed their 14 days managed isolation. Video / Dean Purcell
NZ Herald
By: Jake McKee Cagney
Seafarers are finding they are caught in a snag when it comes to booking space in the managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities and want change.
They are subject to the Managed Isolation Allocation System like the vast majority of people coming across New Zealand s borders. It is currently booked up until June.
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New Zealanders travelling home from overseas are unable to book managed isolation as the system is full.
The government is yet to release dates beyond May, and it s stopped re-releasing people s cancelled bookings while it accounts for the loss of the Pullman Hotel.
People logging into the booking website will encounter a calendar showing dates from today through till 31 May - each struck out with a little grey cross.
Advice from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday, to keep checking for regular cancellations, was promptly superseded yesterday by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), which runs the hotels.
New Zealanders travelling home from overseas are unable to book managed isolation as the system is full.
The Rydges Hotel, which is being used as a managed isolation facility, in Auckland.
Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook
The government is yet to release dates beyond May, and it s stopped re-releasing people s cancelled bookings while it accounts for the loss of the Pullman Hotel.
People logging into the booking website will encounter a calendar showing dates from today through till 31 May - each struck out with a little grey cross.
Advice from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday, to keep checking for regular cancellations, was promptly superseded yesterday by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), which runs the hotels.
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