A ship's captain is describing the way crew are being treated during Covid-19 as inhumane and like being in prison. This also applies to New Zealand crew. Crew were also not allowed ashore in Fiji or Noumea, so they were trapped on board, Turner said. The Ministry of Health said due to the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic New Zealand's maritime border requires the testing, isolation and quarantining of all ship's crew on arrival into the country. ''The Vessel's crew do not go ashore at any port, so difficult to see how infection can occur,'' he said.

Source: Stuff October 10, 2020 05:26 UTC