Dunedin Mayor Aaron Hawkins says he backs the Government's call not to use the city as a managed isolation centre for people returning to New Zealand. The announcement Dunedin would not be used was made earlier today by Minister in charge of isolation facilities Megan Woods. "They always said they would only stand up a managed isolation facility in Dunedin if they could do it safely," Mr Hawkins said. There are 32 managed isolation facilities in New Zealand and the Government was not planning to increase that. "We have a very clear idea of what our safe isolation facilities are, and we are matching demand."

Source: Otago Daily Times July 22, 2020 03:56 UTC