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Political pressure is mounting on the government to complete an urgent audit of the managed-isolation network after three recent returnees caught Covid-19 during their stay.
No new arrivals will be taken to the Pullman Hotel as investigations continue after three people were infected with Covid.
Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook
The government response has been to once again toughen the rules surrounding all MIQ facilities.
No new arrivals will be taken to the Pullman Hotel in Auckland as investigations continue.
The cases, who were all able to enter the community while still positive, are casting a shadow over the Auckland Anniversary and Waitangi Day celebrations and will be front of mind for many people.
Covid-19 coronavirus: Nervous wait for tests ahead of long weekends
28 Jan, 2021 09:12 PM
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New Zealanders will today have a better picture as to whether there has been any community transmission in Auckland, as the region holds its breath ahead of the long weekend.
Much hinges around what happens with the test results of 48 returnees, who stayed alongside four confirmed Covid-19 cases at the Pullman Hotel and who have since left the facility.
Lengthy queues are again forming at the Covid testing centre in North Harbour this morning. Photo / Alex Burton
Neither Ministry officials, director general of health Ashley Bloomfield or Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins know how many in that cohort have been tested, or how many have been contacted.
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