By RNZThere are renewed calls for crew of foreign vessels to be tested for Covid-19 before they dock at ports in New Zealand. The Ministry of Health 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." He said the Maritime Union had been asking the Government to test crew on ships before they come into New Zealand waters.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 19, 2020 19:46 UTC