New Zealand’s managed isolation and quarantine facilities are under "extreme stress" and unable to respond to increasing demands as more New Zealanders return home, a review has found. The audit said there needed to be better oversight of passengers as they were transferred from the airport to managed isolation or quarantine facilities. So far, 22,000 people had been through managed isolation and she believed the facilities had done their job stopping people at the border. People would not be allowed to leave managed isolation facilities until they returned a negative Covid test, which would be taken on day 12. More than 4000 people were in managed isolation at present and the facilities were in four different cities.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 28, 2020 16:07 UTC