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Photo: AFP Three of the cases are part of the group of international mariners who arrived from Russia via Singapore. One person travelled from India via United Arab Emirates, two from United States flew direct from Los Angeles and one person travelled from Puerto Rico via Los Angeles. One previously reported case has been removed from New Zealand's tally as it's being investigated as a possible historical case. The total number of active cases in New Zealand is 62, after 21 cases have recovered. The total number of confirmed cases is 1,872. There are now 2,439,100 registered users of the Covid tracer app, with 151,801,799 poster scans and 6,127,918 manual diary entries.
Supermarket confrontations, panicked flatmates: MIQ staff face 'huge' stigma 12 Jan, 2021 08:10 PM 6 minutes to read Staff at the Waipuna Hotel, Auckland. From left: nurses John and Vicki; coordinator Tash, MIQ facility manager Lieutenant Sam Wilson, security manager Stuart, hotel manager Shakira. Photo / Supplied Staff at the Waipuna Hotel, Auckland. From left: nurses John and Vicki; coordinator Tash, MIQ facility manager Lieutenant Sam Wilson, security manager Stuart, hotel manager Shakira. Photo / Supplied RNZ By Karoline Tuckey of RNZ Managers at managed isolation facilities say their workers are encountering unfair stigma in the community, and the pressure has been so bad that some have quit because of it.
Managers at managed isolation facilities say their workers are encountering unfair stigma in the community, and the pressure has been so bad that some have quit because of it. Nurse Kerry Winchester has had more than one staff member quit over the barriers they face once people know where they work. Photo: Supplied. Christchurch charge nurse Kerry Winchester said she has been shocked by the way some people have treated her staff when they realised where they work. Her nurses had been confronted in supermarkets, barred from going to their children's school meetings or onto school grounds to pick children up, and some have had difficulty getting routine doctor or dentist appointments.