A public health expert says the government has dropped the ball with the state of its quarantine facilities. Joint head of managed isolation and quarantine Brigadier Rose King said there were a total of 674 quarantine rooms that have air filtration units installed. Wilson has long-standing concerns about the repurposing of hotels into quarantine facilities, and said more of the filtration systems should have been installed. King said installing air filtration units in returnee and now quarantine rooms at places like the Holiday Inn was not part of the original plan with MIQ facilities. Photo / Supplied, File"But as an added layer of protection work is under way to install air filtration units in quarantine rooms across our facilities."

Source: New Zealand Herald September 01, 2021 19:04 UTC