A woman offered a nappy in place of sanitary products while in managed isolation has prompted an apology from the ministry which oversees the facilities. The woman got her period during her flight from Europe and arrived at the Ellerslie Novotel isolation facility to find no sanitary products in her room. "I think the fact that free period products aren't put in every isolation room is just appalling," she said. A woman in isolation at Ellerslie Novotel was told to use a nappy until staff could buy sanitary products on their daily supply run. "Every room should have period products in the bathroom just like they have soap and they have toilet paper."

Source: New Zealand Herald November 05, 2020 22:35 UTC