No Covid-19 testing for border workers from 1 July
Border workers will no longer be required to undergo Covid-19 testing from the start of next month.
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Border workers will no longer be required to undergo Covid-19 testing from the start of next month.
Thursday, 15 July 2021, 2:53 pm The first infringement notices for border workers who have not complied with COVID-19 testing requirements have been issued, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. A total of 18 infringement notices, containing a fine of $300 each, have now been issued to border workers who have not complied with testing for COVID-19 under Schedule 2 of the Required Testing Order. “Our border workers are on the frontline of Aotearoa New Zealand’s efforts to keep COVID-19 out of our communities, so it is critical to support this workforce as best we can,” the Ministry’s ...
The transmission of Covid-19 between people at the Grand Millennium and Grand Mercure managed isolation facilities in Auckland earlier this year is most likely to have been via aerosol transmission.
"Aerosol transmission is regarded as the most plausible pathway."