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And so Ashley Bloomfield will leave the building in 4 months. A decision he made late last year. Even though he has another year and a bit on his contract.
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It’s been ten months since the Government’s own experts said ‘all efforts’ should be made to introduce saliva testing as soon as possible, but the Government has delayed the roll out yet again, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins today announced an ‘expansion’ of saliva testing, an announcement that is remarkably similar to the last time he announced a saliva testing expansion back on 26 May this year. “In May Minister Hipkins said saliva testing would commence ‘as part of a phased roll out beginning in June...
It’s taken far too long for the Government move on saliva testing at the border but National welcomes the announcement nonetheless, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “National has been pushing for the Government to include saliva ...
“The Government’s slowness to move on saliva testing for our border workers is staggering. “There could be up to 20,000 people working at out border, yet just 339 saliva tests have been carried out over the past four months. “The Roche/Simpson report from September last year said ‘all efforts should be made to introduce saliva testing as soon as possible as part of the range of testing methods being conducted’. “It took another four months for the Government to move to introduce voluntary saliva testing but it’s still only used in three MIQ hotels. “Answers to written questi...