Photo: RNZThere are renewed calls for crew of foreign vessels to be tested for Covid-19 before they dock at ports in Aotearoa New Zealand. It comes as the vessel the Ken Rei remains anchored at sea off Napier's coast with 21 close contacts of a man who tested positive for the virus on Saturday. The Ministry of Health (MoH) said the marine electronics engineer who tested positive likely caught the virus while working on a ship which is now bound for Brisbane. Maritime Union national secretary Joe Fleetwood said the cases highlighted the need for all foreign seafarers to be tested before they landed here. "It should be mandatory for foreign crew to be tested as well - it's madness that they're not."

Source: Otago Daily Times October 19, 2020 18:22 UTC