Minister in charge of managed isolation Megan Woods is interested in Queensland's introduction of a co-payment scheme for Australians returning home during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Pool/ Getty ImagesThe Government is deciding if and how they will require returning New Zealanders to partially pay for their Covid-19 managed isolation costs. The Government has spent about $80 million on hotels so far, for the mandatory two-week isolation or quarantine of returnees. There are now 21 managed isolation hotels in the country, in Auckland, Rotorua, Christchurch, and as of yesterday one in Wellington. We're seeing that Queensland is starting to [require payment] so I'm very interested in the system there - it's co-payment," Woods told Newshub Nation.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 26, 2020 23:48 UTC