Ninety-seven per cent of staff working in managed isolation facilities and quarantine hotels were tested last week and no-one tested positive for Covid-19. The next round of testing of MIQ testing is currently underway, Minister for Managed Isolation and Quarantine Megan Woods said, and would be completed by September 6. It comes after the Ministry of Health revealed 14 new Covid cases today - nine of which are in managed isolation and five of which are in the community. There were 5018 people were staying at 32 managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities across the country as of midnight last night. He added: "Deployment to managed isolation facilities might yet be possible because MoH are not involved - that is being driven out of MBIE under Minister Megan Woods."

Source: Otago Daily Times September 01, 2020 01:18 UTC