Covid 19 coronavirus: Six returning travellers allowed to skip managed isolation 15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read A timeline of Coronavirus in 2020. Graphic / Phil Welch / Nathan Meek Six travellers returning to New Zealand have been able to skip managed isolation under a Government exemption. A Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) official told the Weekend Herald that between July 13 and January 11, six applications to isolate at private homes had been approved. "Five were approved under the medical exemptions and one application was approved under exceptional circumstances." To date, none of the six tested positive for Covid-19 while they were isolating at home, a Ministry of Health spokesman said.