A public health expert says the government has dropped the ball with the state of its quarantine facilities. As of Wednesday, there were 687 positive cases of Covid-19 in the community, most of which had been moved into quarantine facilities in Auckland. Joint head of managed isolation and quarantine Brigadier Rose King said there were a total of 674 quarantine rooms that have air filtration units installed. Professor Wilson has long-standing concerns about the repurposing of hotels into quarantine facilities, and said more of the filtration systems should have been installed. "But as an added layer of protection work is underway to install air filtration units in quarantine rooms across our facilities."

Source: Otago Daily Times September 01, 2021 20:17 UTC