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Margaret Gordon, a Melbourne-based Kiwi who works as a video producer for The Age, offers a snapshot of her two weeks in managed isolation at an Auckland hotel. The new Hotel Council Aotearoa, representing about half the countrys 330-plus hotels, says many have barely survived summer. January should have been their busiest month with occupancies around 90 per cent, said strategic director James Doolan. Instead, with a few days of January remaining, most had only 40 to 60 per cent of their room...

There are 2 cases of COVID-19 in managed isolation to report in New Zealand since our last media statement yesterday. There have been no new cases in the community to report New border case details Arrival date   From   Via   ...

The Government insists people's movement around New Zealand's managed isolation and quarantine facilities is tightly controlled - despite more travellers c

More travellers come forward about MIQ mixing, but Govt insists protocols are strict.

Jacinda Ardern calls for kindness following Northland Covid-19 case Jacinda Ardern has urged kindness in her latest Facebook Live. Photo/NZ Herald Jacinda Ardern calls for kindness following Northland Covid-19 case Mon, 25 Jan 2021, 12:22PM Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has urged Kiwis to be kind to each other, after the announcement that there is a new case of Covid-19 in the community. A 56-year-old woman from Northland tested positive for Covid-19, after spending two week...

Covid 19 coronavirus: Travellers worries over mingling at isolation hotel 25 Jan, 2021 06:30 AM 5 minutes to read The Covid-19 community case in Northland is the South African strain, Covid recovery minister Chris Hipkins says. The Covid-19 community case in Northland is the South African strain, Covid recovery minister Chris Hipkins says. A man who passed through a managed isolation hotel last month was surprised to find just-arrived groups were able to mix with soon-to-depart travellers. The ...

And some experts believe that’s what we’re at risk of right now: that a giddy sense of self-satisfaction is blinding us to the fact we are in mortal danger; that we could be caught flat-footed, just as the promised land of a virus-vanquishing vaccine appears. And this is not just about the slumped rates of QR code scanning. It goes to the top, and seeps throughout the whole system, warns one senior doctor. “Theres just been this reluctance to engage with anybody else with ideas,” say...

How did this happen? New Zealand did not start testing all arrivals until June 9, two months after setting up the Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) facilities. The 24 days finished on June 16, and, during that time, 5885 people landed in the country. “It’s important to remember that all of those 5885 arrivals did spend 14 days in managed isolation,” says Plank, a Canterbury University maths professor and principal investigator at Te Pūnaha Matatini. “That is what does most of...

Border workers can now get saliva tests, but it is not goodbye to the nasal swabs yet.

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