Public health experts have redoubled calls for a "benchmarking exercise" with Australia over Covid-19 and border management. Photo / Dean PurcellPublic health experts have redoubled calls for a "benchmarking exercise" with Australia over Covid-19 and border management. Their analysis found that, since last July, there had been 13 identified border failures, along with six failures that had occurred within managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities. "This green zone means that our biosecurity status will become more intertwined with Australia," they said. "Therefore, it is even more important to lower the risk of border failures that could disrupt green zone travel, especially if outbreaks are not initially well contained.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 30, 2021 03:11 UTC