ACT MP David Seymour has said the most recent breach doesn't mean the country shouldn't try and expand its quarantine capability. All of these quarantine spots were self-funded and presented an opportunity to look at how a user-pays quarantine system could work. A report produced for Government by Auckland Regional Isolation and Quarantine - who monitored the facility - said physical exercise options were a key constraint on our ability to safely expand quarantine. However, University of Otago's Murdoch urged caution around any expansion of quarantine or of using a process that trusted private providers to quarantine people. Ross Giblin/Stuff ACT MP David Seymour has said the most recent breach doesn't mean we shouldn't try to expand quarantine capability.
Source: Stuff June 21, 2020 19:30 UTC