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COVID-19: New Zealand s managed isolation booked out until June

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 Advice from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday, to keep checking for regular cancellations, was promptly superseded yesterday by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), which runs the hotels.

NZ s managed isolation system booked out until June

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 Advice from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday, to keep checking for regular cancellations, was promptly superseded yesterday by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), which runs the hotels.

Covid-19: Bleak news for returnees as cancelled MIQ vouchers not returning to circulation

But the government says it has no plans to add more capacity to MIQ. An MIQ spokesman working within the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment said the managed isolation system runs with a level of spare bed contingency to take account of adverse events, as is currently the case with the Pullman. “There is still contingency in the system, even with the Pullman not accepting new arrivals.” The temporary removal of the hundreds of beds at the Pullman from service cuts into that contingency. As a result, cancelled vouchers that would normally return to circulation are being held to bolster the reserve of beds in the system.

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