Covid-19 training for health workers.Photo: RNZ (file)The Southern District Health Board is pushing for Dunedin and Invercargill to be used for managed isolation ahead of Queenstown, due to concerns about its lack of medical facilities. Queenstown would face added pressure if additional medical care was needed because it lacked tertiary or secondary hospital facilities, he said. Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult. Photo: suppliedHe has already received positive feedback over recent days about managed isolation, and said the city was prepared to do its bit to support returning New Zealanders. Megan Woods, the minister in charge of quarantine and isolation facilities, is expected to visit the southern district in the coming weeks to consider hotel options.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 07, 2020 09:00 UTC