Health sociologist Dr Andrew Dickson was among parents who bought air purifiers for schools earlier this year. He spent $1500 on two for his children's school in Ranfurly and said the MIQ air cleaners would have been welcome. Come mid-April, the Ministry of Education had delivered 450 air purifiers to schools - another 4500 arrived at the start of winter. "The ministry was approached by the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment in March 2022 regarding acquiring some of the air cleaners coming out of MIQ facilities," he said. Indoor air quality expert and University of Otago professor Dr Julie Bennett said the second-hand MIQ purifiers could have been useful.

Source: Stuff September 21, 2022 23:18 UTC