PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSONNew Zealanders can feel "extremely proud" of how we have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic, Chief of Army Major-general John Boswell said yesterday. "We can all as a nation be incredibly proud of how we’ve responded, not just the Defence Force, but as a nation," he said in an interview. If there was "something required", Defence Force support was likely to come from "a mix of regular force elements" from throughout the country and Otago-Southland Territorial reserves. About 200 Defence Force staff, including reservists, on rotation, had recently supported managed isolation at many sites, including in Auckland and Rotorua. Defence Force personnel were trained to deal with a range of "complex disruptors", including a global pandemic.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 03, 2020 16:30 UTC