Photo: University of Otago WellingtonThe Government should impose a week-long home quarantine for returnees after they have left managed isolation facilities to reduce the risk of community spread, epidemiologist Michael Baker says. Three positive cases - a Northland woman and a father and daughter in Auckland, were detected this week after they had left their managed isolation facility - the Pullman Hotel in central Auckland. The initial source was sent to a quarantine facility once they tested positive. More than 36,000 tests have been completed in the last week, 22,000 of those in the community, since the positive cases were confirmed. "Obviously we need to focus more on that whole journey, but I think the week after they leave MIQ... it's a really good idea to think about requiring a week of home quarantine.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 28, 2021 21:45 UTC